Cohen reiterates commitment to Stearns, but says Mets took 'too much risk' in
offseason
Cohen 重申对 Stearns 的支持，但坦言大都会在休赛季“承担了太多风险”
Bill Ladson
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NEW YORK – Ever since the Aug. 3 MLB Trade Deadline came and went, the Mets
have played well, going 10-4 entering Wednesday’s action against the Padres.
纽约──自从 8 月 3 日 MLB 交易截止日结束后，大都会的表现一直相当出色，在周三迎
战教士之前，战绩为 10 胜 4 败。
The results have pleased owner Steve Cohen. He enjoys watching younger
players like Carson Benge and A.J. Ewing, two rookies who have brought a
spark to a team that has struggled for most of the season. The recent results
have made Cohen optimistic that 2027 will be a different story.
这样的结果让球团老板 Steve Cohen 感到满意。他很喜欢看到像 Carson Benge 和
A.J. Ewing 这样的年轻球员──这两名菜鸟为一支本季大部分时间都陷入苦战的球队注
入了活力。近期的表现也让 Cohen 对 2027 年抱持乐观态度，相信明年的情况会有所不
同。
“It’s fun to see some of these younger players come up,” Cohen said. “
They have worked hard in their careers and started to demonstrate that they
are pretty good at what they do, too. It’s fun for the fans. Winning is
better than losing. It’s creating a little excitement and, hopefully, it
will carry through the end of the year and it will give us good feelings for
next year.”
“看到这些年轻球员中的一些人站上大联盟舞台，真的很有趣，”Cohen 说。“他们在自
己的职业生涯中都非常努力，如今也开始证明自己确实很擅长所做的事情。这对球迷来说
很有趣。赢球总比输球好。这正在带来一些兴奋感，希望这股气氛能延续到球季结束，并
让我们对明年抱持好的感受。”
Cohen reiterated he is committed to David Stearns, the team’s president of
baseball operations, turning the Mets into a winning franchise next year.
Cohen acknowledged the front office has made mistakes.
Cohen 再次重申，他仍然支持球队棒球营运总裁（president of baseball operations）
David Stearns，希望由 Stearns 带领大都会在明年成为一支能够赢球的球队。
Cohen 也承认，球团管理层（front office）确实犯了一些错误。
https://www.mlb.com/video/david-stearns-on-mets-active-trade-deadline
To the owner, Stearns took “too much risk” with all the changes that were
made before the season started. The Mets hired a new coaching staff for
then-manager Carlos Mendoza, traded Brandon Nimmo to the Rangers for second
baseman Marcus Semien and let Pete Alonso become a free agent and sign with
the Orioles. Some of the players Stearns added to the roster – Semien, Jorge
Polanco and Devin Williams – have struggled or gotten injured.
在这位球团老板看来，Stearns 在球季开始前进行的诸多变动中，“承担了太多风险”。
大都会为当时的总教练 Carlos Mendoza 聘请了新的教练团，将 Brandon Nimmo 交易至游
骑兵，换来二垒手 Marcus Semien；同时也让 Pete Alonso 成为自由球员，最后与金莺签
约。Stearns 补进阵容的一些球员──Semien、Jorge Polanco 和 Devin Williams──不
是陷入低潮，就是遭遇伤势。
“David is smart. He knows what he is doing. He is very adaptable. He has
learned from mistakes. That’s what I want to eliminate,” Cohen said. “
There was too much risk when you think about all the changes that were made.
Whenever there are significant changes, sometimes, it takes a while to
integrate. Those are the things that I’m looking at and where we could be
better.
“David 很聪明。他知道自己在做什么。他的适应能力非常强。他也从错误中学习。这正
是我希望消除的问题，”Cohen 说。“当你把所有做出的变动放在一起考量时，确实存在
太多风险。每当出现重大变动时，有时候都需要一段时间才能整合完成。这些就是我目前
正在检视的事情，也是我们可以做得更好的地方。”
“When you add new players, a coaching staff and adding players with an
injured history and you add risk upon risk … it doesn’t mean it has to turn
out bad; it just means you have dispersions of results and maybe the
possibility of an undesirable result. It’s more of a possibility because of
the risk you are taking.… I look at it as a whole. When I look at it as a
whole, I see individual decisions that make perfect sense. But when you add
it all up, then you get into a different realm of, did he take too much risk?
It’s looking at it from a top/down perspective as opposed to an individual
decision.”
“当你加入新的球员、新的教练团，再加上引进过去有伤病纪录的球员，等于是一个风险
接着另一个风险……这并不代表结果一定会很糟；它只是意味着结果可能会出现更大的分
散程度，也可能出现不理想结果的可能性。因为你承担了这些风险，所以那种结果发生的
可能性也更高……我会把所有事情视为一个整体。当我从整体来看时，我看到的是一个个
单独看来都完全合理的决策。但当你把所有决策加总起来，就会进入另一个层次：他是不
是承担了太多风险？这是从由上而下的整体角度（top/down perspective）来看，而不是
只检视单一决策。”