看到这篇文章 蛮好奇勇士的VP Dana Brown 为什么想签 Matzek
找到这篇文章有写比较详细的故事
In an effort to understand what could have changed for the former top prospect,
Joseph started watching YouTube clips of Matzek pitching in high school and earl
y in his career with Colorado. He was struck by how easy and natural the motion
seemed. The yips can rob a player of that second-nature fluidity. But Joseph tho
ught that perhaps they could reverse-engineer it, rebuild the delivery that had
first gotten him to the major leagues by identifying what was different about it
at the time.
Kevin Joseph是 Airhogs 当时的投教兼翻译.（题外话：Airhogs的老板是达拉斯独行侠的D
onnie Nelson）
为了了解Matzek是发生什么变化，Joseph 开始看 Maztzek 在高中跟科罗拉多投球的YT 影
片。他很惊讶Matzek的投球动作看起来是多么简单跟自然。YIPS 可以把球员习惯已久的流
动性夺走。但是 Joseph 认为可以用逆向工程，找出跟当初让他上大联盟的投球姿势有什么
不一样的地方
He approached Matzek in his next bullpen session and showed him screenshots on h
is phone, juxtaposing the more fluid motion from years before with his most rece
nt start for the AirHogs.
他在Matzek的下个牛棚让Matzek看他手机上的截图，是Matzek多年前跟最近先发的投球对比
图。
“Here’s where your arm was then, here’s where your arm is now,” Joseph told
him. Just that simple.
你之前手是在这，现在你的手是在这。就这么简单
For whatever reason, it clicked. Matzek started tinkering to get back his old fo
rm and finally become the pitcher he was supposed to be.
不知为何，这是有用的。Matzek 开始回到他的旧姿势，最后终于变成了他该成为的投手
“It really was in a matter of weeks,” Joseph said. “His velocity was way up a
nd he was back to dominating.”
就是几周的时间，Matzek的球速增加并回到能统治比赛
The scouting director who pushed
背后推手的球探长
After every big game this postseason, Dana Brown goes down to the Braves clubhou
se, hugs Matzek, and tells him he’s proud of him, keep it up.
“We're kind of attached in that way now,” Brown said.
这季后赛的每场重要比赛后，Dana Brown都会去勇士球场抱下Matzek, 跟他说他以他为荣，
继续努力
Brown, the Braves VP of scouting, likes his staff to keep tabs on former first-r
ounders. It’s a way of honing what works and what doesn’t in pre-draft evaluat
ions. Who pans out, and who doesn’t. So he sort of remembered Matzek when an ag
ent called to convince Brown he was worth another look.
Brown, 勇士的球探部门VP，喜欢他的手下追踪前第一轮的选手。这是研究选秀前评估哪边
是有效，哪边没效的方法。谁成功，谁没有。所以当一个经纪人打给他，说服他可以看下Ma
tzek时，他依稀还记得Matzek
Brown had heard stories like that, a talented guy flames out and resurfaces a fe
w years later in an unconventional way. If this was one of those, the Braves did
n’t want to miss out. He sent a scout, Ron Marigny, and someone to capture and
analyze Edgertronic video.
Brown已听过相同的故事了，一个有天分的选手消失，几年后用不寻常的方式回归。如果这
次是其中之一，那勇士当然不能错过。他派了位球探，Ron Marigny, 跟另一个人去录跟分
析高速摄影机拍的影片
“Both angles were very important,” Brown said. And both angles agreed: This gu
y had upside. So Brown wrote an email to Anthopoulos laying it all out. But the
GM wasn’t sold. It was so close to the end of the 2019 season, maybe they could
just wait till next spring.
两个角度都很重要，且两个都认同这家伙能投。所以Brown写了封email给Anthopoulos，但G
M不买单。那时是2019年季末了，也许他们能等到下个春训。
“And that's when I started to push,” Brown said.
“You're gonna lose this guy if you do that,” he told Anthopoulos. “This is a
left-hander, former first-rounder, really good arm strength. He's really startin
g to put it together. And it sounds like this is the window if you want this guy
.”
我就是从那时开始催Anthopoulos。如果你这样做，你就会失去他。这是一个左投，前首轮
选手，非常好的手臂，而且他几乎快回复了。如果你想要他，这是一个机会。
Brown and Anthopoulos go way back — all the way to the Expos.
感谢Fitzwilliam大告知这句的故事
Dana Brown和Alex Anthopoulos已经认识很久了，早在2002年他们就在博览会队共事过。
“And he knows, I don't usually push unless I'm freaking out.”
So they offered Matzek a two-year minor-league deal and, well, you know how that
’s worked out.
他知道我不会催他，除非是我吓到了。所以他们给了Matzek两年小联盟合约。然后，你知道
后来的故事了
真的是个很难得的故事，也恭喜勇士成为世界冠军
https://reurl.cc/73YW01
手机打字，如排版不好跟翻错请见谅