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根据MLB官网的消息，纽约洋基的农场头号新秀Justus Sheffield，将在明天赛前正式被
升上大联盟，预计将投入牛棚帮助洋基在球季最后两个礼拜备战季后赛。
左投手Sheffield是2014年选秀会第一轮第31顺位被克里夫兰印地安人选中，速球最快可
到97英里，主要武器为滑球和变速球，在小联盟中一直备受期待。2016年7月他在Andrew
Miller交易案中来到纽约，今年更被大联盟官网评比为大联盟百大新秀第27名，也是洋基
农场头号新秀。不只官网看好Sheffield，洋基球团更是对他“期望甚高”，总经理
Brian Cashman就曾透露属于Sheffield的时间很快就会降临了，果真在今天将他升上大联
盟。
Sheffield今年在AAA投了88局，战绩6胜4败，防御率2.56，被打击率更只有.204。值得注
意的是，洋基为了保护Sheffield，不让他一开始就负担太大的投球局数，今年在AAA球季
后段已将Sheffield转为后援投手，提早为今年升上大联盟做准备。目前洋基的规划应该
是希望他在今年升上大联盟以一人左投为主，明年春训将让他竞争先发轮值的位置。
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当年Andrew Miller交易跟Clint Frazier一起被交易到洋基的另外一个大物
查了一下，他的哥哥Jordan Sheffield也是一轮被选上，现在在道奇队的小联盟体系
然后Baseball-Reference上的资料有错 他跟雨刷伯没有关系
官网的专访有问到这个问题
MLBPipeline.com: How frequently do people insist on asking you about being
related to Gary Sheffield?
Sheffield: All the time. I have baseball cards that say he's my uncle. It's
just an old fairy tale. The rumor probably started my freshman year in high
school, playing travel ball. We were playing at one school. The next day in
the newspaper at the place we were playing, it said he was actually in the
stands watching us play. It wasn't true at all, but I guess that's what
started everything up. But there's no relation. I'm my own Sheffield, I'm
going to start my own name.