How Ryan Ward overcame long minor-league wait to make Dodgers debut: ‘He’s ear
ned it’
Ryan Ward 如何克服漫长的小联盟等待，终于完成道奇队初登场：“这是他应得的”
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DENVER — The wait lasted seven years, three weeks and, in the end, one final ha
lf-inning.
丹佛——这段等待持续了七年又三周，最后只差那么半局
On Friday night, Ryan Ward was on deck at the start of Triple-A Oklahoma City’s
game in Albuquerque when he was called back to the dugout at the last second.
周五晚上，Ryan Ward 在阿布奎基进行的 3A比赛中准备上场打击，却在最后一刻被叫回休
息区
There was news for him, he was told. But he’d have to wait until the team’s ma
nager, Scott Hennessey, got back from coaching third base at the end of the inni
ng.
他被告知有消息要告诉他，但要等总教练 Scott Hennessey在该局结束、从三垒指导教练职
责回来后才能说
“I was getting smirks from people on the bench,” Ward said with a smile. “Peo
ple had a feeling.”
“板凳上的人都在偷笑”Ward 笑着说
“大家都有预感”
Indeed, when Hennessey returned, he delivered the news Ward had been waiting on
his entire career.
果然当 Hennessey 回来时，他带来了 Ward 职业生涯一直在等待的消息
After seven seasons in the minors, the Dodgers were calling him up for his long-
awaited MLB debut.
在小联盟打了七个球季后，道奇队终于将他升上大联盟，迎来期待已久的初登场
After a journey that often seemed to be at a dead end, he had finally reached th
e pinnacle of his profession.
这段旅程曾多次看似走到尽头，但他最终登上了职业生涯的巅峰
“Sitting here right now thinking about it, it feels like it went by fast,” War
d said Sunday... “But, man, when I was down there, it felt like a long time.”
“现在坐在这里回想，感觉时间过得很快”Ward 周日表示
“但当我还在下面时，真的觉得非常漫长”
Ward, 28, was never a big-name prospect in the Dodgers’ farm system, nor really
at any point in his baseball career.
28 岁的Ward从来不是道奇农场体系中的顶级新秀，甚至整个棒球生涯都不算受瞩目
He didn’t grow up in a baseball hotbed... playing mid-major Division I baseball
at Bryant University.
他并非出身棒球重镇，只是在家乡麻州米尔伯里读普通高中，之后在Bryant 大学打一般等
级的一级大学棒球
And while his raw power helped him become an eighth-round draft pick... an inabi
lity to control the strike zone...
虽然他的raw power让他在 2019 年第八轮被道奇选中，但他的身材（5呎10吋）、守备位置
受限，以及对好球带掌控不佳，都影响了他的打击表现
“Nothing’s ever really been handed to him,” his dad, Carl, said. “He’s had
to work really hard to get where he is.”
“他从来没有被直接给予任何东西”父亲 Carl 表示
“他是靠非常努力才走到今天”
From 2021-2024, Ward rose from High-A to Triple-A by racking up 109 total home r
uns...
2021到2024年间，Ward从高阶 1A一路升到 3A，累积109支全垒打，展现能将球打向全场的
能力
“He’s always had power,” said Brett Pill, who grew close to Ward as the Los A
ngeles Dodgers’ minor-league hitting coordinator before leaving the organizatio
n this past winter to become the Colorado Rockies’ MLB hitting coach.
“他一直都有长打能力”曾任道奇小联盟打击协调员、并在去年冬天转任洛矶大联盟打击教
练的 Brett Pill 表示，他与 Ward 关系相当密切
“I’ve never seen power to the opposite field like that,” Pill added.
“我从没看过有人反方向也能打出这种力量”Pill 补充
However, Ward only hit .255... making it too easy for pitchers...
但他那段期间打击率仅 .255，三振（532）几乎是保送（195）的三倍，投手很容易用坏球
引诱他出棒
Thus, Dodgers brass repeatedly told him that plate discipline needed to be a poi
nt of emphasis.
因此道奇高层多次告诉他，选球能力必须成为改善重点
Manager Dave Roberts even pulled him aside... “This is what’s holding you back
right now.”
总教练Dave Roberts甚至在去年春训后特别找他谈话：“这正是你目前卡关的原因”
So, last year, Ward found a way to improve.
于是去年，Ward 找到了提升的方法
He adopted a new routine... improve his eye of the strike zone...
他在休季期间调整打击训练方式，不断改变发球机位置来强化选球能力，同时更仔细研究球
探报告与对策
“I think it kind of dawned on him,” Pill said...
“他开始真正意识到”Pill 说
“如果想上去，他必须解决这些问题”
What came next was a breakthrough 2025 campaign...
接下来是 2025 年的大爆发球季
...he won the Pacific Coast League’s MVP...
他提升了保送率、三振率几乎减半，长打更进一步爆发，并以.290打击率、36 轰、122 打
点拿下太平洋岸联盟 MVP
“It made him a complete hitter...”
“这让他成为更全面的打者，而不只是长打型球员”
Still, Ward’s wait for a major-league call-up dragged on.
然而他等待升上大联盟的时间仍持续拉长
“Honestly, I used it to keep going,” Ward said.
“老实说，我把这当成前进的动力”Ward 说。
“He never felt bad for himself...” Carl said.
“他从不自怨自艾”他父亲说
“只会说‘好，继续努力’”
During winters... he would help his dad... driving a plow truck...
冬天时，他甚至会帮父亲开除雪车清理街道
Ward also worked at a local hitting facility...
他去年也在当地打击中心工作，帮助年轻球员调整挥棒
“He’s just such a good kid... Boston guy, grinder.”
“他是个很棒的孩子，典型波士顿人很拼”
Ward... remained adamant about climbing the final rung...
但 Ward 始终坚持要登上最后一步——进入大联盟，而且要在选中他的球队完成
“That’s what made Friday’s news all the more meaningful...”
这也让周五的消息对他和所有陪伴他的人都格外重要
“We were like, ‘Oh, my god!’...”
“我们看到他在休息区被拥抱，当下就觉得‘天啊！’”
Ward’s stay might not last long...
Ward 这次的大联盟之旅可能不会太久
He was only recalled to replace Freddie Freeman...
他只是因为一垒手 Freddie Freeman 进入陪产假名单才被拉上来
But after such a long climb... it was an accomplishment...
但经历这么长的努力，能站上这一刻本身就是成就
“Actually, I was gonna start Dalton...” Roberts said.
“原本我是打算让 Dalton 先发，”Roberts 说
“Dalton finished my sentence... Because he’s earned it.”
“但 Dalton 帮我把话说完了——因为这是他应得的”
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2019, Rd: 8, Pick: 24, Ovr: 251
Signing Bonus: $160,900
2019 21岁 RK 209PA 4HR AVG.271 wRC+102 K% 14.4
2021 23岁 A+ 495PA 27HR AVG.278 wRC+136 K% 23.8
2022 24岁 AA 506PA 28HR AVG.255 wRC+103 K% 22.9
2023 25岁 AAA 615PA 21HR AVG.234 wRC+83 K% 25.5
2024 26岁 AAA 520PA 33HR AVG.258 wRC+107 K% 27.1
2025 27岁 AAA 652PA 36HR AVG.290 wRC+132 K% 18.7
2026 28岁 AAA 81PA 4HR AVG.324 wRC+166 K% 23.5
2026 28岁 MLB 6PA 0HR AVG.333 wRC+89 K% 16.7
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