http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/cubs-diligence-pays-off-on-jen-ho-tseng/
Cubs’ Diligence Pays Off On Jen-Ho Tseng
March 17, 2014 by Ben Badler
Without question, the most challenging player to rank on last year’s list of
the Top 30 international prospects for July 2 was Taiwanese righthander
Jen-Ho Tseng.
毫无疑问，去年最有竞争力的前30国际新秀其中一个是7月2日来自台湾的曾仁和
At the end of 2012, Tseng looked like he might be the No. 1 prospect on the
international market for 2013. When he went to the 18U World Championship in
September 2012, Tseng carved up hitters with a 22-2 K-BB mark and an ERA of
0.84 in 21 innings. He beefed up his stock even further in December at the
Asian Championship in Taiwan, where he held a lineup of South Korean
professional hitters scoreless for six innings in a critical 7-0 victory. He
was an 18-year-old with good control of a low-90s fastball that could touch
95 and two secondary pitches that looked like plus or better future pitches.
2012年末，曾被认为是2013国际市场是 No.1的新秀。
2012年九月，曾在 18U 中在21局中以 22:2 的 K:BB 比和 0.84 的ERA宰制了他的对手。
在12月的亚洲冠军赛中以7:0压制了韩国的职业打者，大大地提升了他的价值。
他是个18岁的投手，有着low-90s的速球和控球，最高可达95，以及两种很好的第二球路
After that, Tseng’s stock tumbled. He pitched in the World Baseball Classic
as an 18-year-old and looked bad, not just in terms of performance but in the
overall quality of his stuff, his arm action and mechanics. His velocity was
down, his secondary pitches had gone backward and his delivery was out of
sync, which hampered his control. As the year progressed, international
scouts who went in to see him said they saw him struggle to get back to the
pitcher he looked like at the end of 2012.
在这之后，曾的评价有些下滑，18岁这年参加了WBC，但是看起来有点糟，
不是他的能力，还包含了全部的身体素质，像是手臂动作和投球机制。
他的球速下降，第二球种退步，动作不协调，影响了他的控球。
随着时间的经过，球探看着他挣扎着努力回到2012后期的那个投手。
Right now, Tseng appears to be back on track. Pitching for three innings on
Sunday against a travel team of Dominican amateur players from the
International Prospect League, Tseng threw 89-93 mph, mostly in the higher
end of that range for the first two innings. He mixed in an above-average
curveball that mostly registered at 75, though he added and subtracted with
the pitch. He threw plenty of strikes with his curveball, which had good
depth and late, sharp bite. He buckled the knees of back-to-back hitters for
strikeouts at one point, and while the hitters he’s facing were mostly 15-
and 16-year-old boys, the fastball and curveball were quality pitches
regardless of who he was facing.
现在，曾似乎回到了正轨了，星期日在多明尼加国际新秀联盟中投了三局，
曾的球速89-93麦，较高的球速集中在前两局，
他还投了高于水平的75麦曲球，靠着曲球取得了大量的好球，
他的曲球相当锐利，掉落幅度很大，而且较晚才开始下坠
在膝盖弯曲的同一点一个接着一个三振了对手，
虽然他面对的大多是15、16岁的小男孩，但他的速球和曲球还是有着很好的品质
Some scouts think Tseng’s best pitch is his changeup, though he didn’t use
it much, nor did he appear to throw his slider, which can be an average
pitch. It’s spring training, which means it’s never a good idea to put too
much into an evaluation at this time of year. But what Tseng showed on Sunday
is an encouraging sign. It’s what the Cubs saw from Tseng, who’s now 19,
when they followed him last year as he struggled. They weren’t the only team
that followed him, but they saw his velocity creep back up in June, when he
touched 95 for them again, then signed him for $1.625 million on July 25.
一些球探认为曾最好的球路是他的变速球，但是他用得不多，而且也不太使用使用滑球。
这只是个春讯，在这个时候做出过多的评价不是个好主意，
但是曾在星期天所显示的是一个值得鼓舞的迹象，
小熊队看着19岁的曾，在去年还投得很挣扎，虽然小熊不是唯一一个注视的曾的球队，
但他们看着他球速在六月再次回到95麦，并在7/25以 $162.5 万镁签下他
At 6-foot-1, 200 pounds, Tseng probably won’t see the fastball bump any
higher, and the question in the back of everyone’s minds, based on his
history, will always be about whether he’s going to be able to retain that
stuff over a full season, or if it will once again disappear on him. But if
Tseng can throw strikes with three potential plus pitches and a quality
fourth offering in his slider, those are the ingredients of a quality major
league starting pitcher.
6呎1吋 200磅 (185cm 90kg)，也许曾的球速无法再增加，
在大家在意的是他能否维持整季的能力，
曾如果能拥有三种高品质的球路和第四种滑球，
这些将会是成为MLB先发投手的条件。