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After carving up the Southeastern Conference, David Price was the No. 1
overall selection by the Rays in 2007. Price didn't sign until the deadline,
so he didn't pitch in the minors until this year. Price started out at high
Single-A ball in the Florida State League but he quickly moved up to Double-A
before a few innings at the end of the year at Triple-A. Price pitched so
well in the minors that he earned a September call-up. After 14 innings and
an ERA under 2.00, Price found himself on the playoff roster.
在屠杀了东南联盟后，David Price在2007年选秀会上被光芒队在第一顺位选中。Price一
直到了最后期限才与光芒队签约，所以去年并没有在小联盟出赛。Price从佛罗里达联盟
的高阶1A球队出发，但是很快的就升上2A，在球季末又升上3A并投了几局。由于在小联盟
的投球成绩优异，使得Price在九月份被升上大联盟。在大联盟投了14局，且留下2.00自
责分率的成绩后，Price成为了季后赛球员名单中的一员。
After not pitching in the opening series against the White Sox, Price has
pitched in both games of the ALCS against the Red Sox and he picked up the
win in Game 2. Rays manager Joe Maddon obviously has a lot of confidence in
Price and is willing to use him in important situations. Because he pitched
sparingly in the regular season, few people are familiar with his stuff,
especially as a reliever. So here is a quick look at what Price throws.
在面对白袜队的首轮比赛中，Price并没有出赛，他在面对红袜队的美联冠军赛中出赛了
两场，并拿下了第二战的胜投。Joe Maddon很显然的对Price充满信心，并且愿意在关键
时刻派他上场。由于在正规季赛出赛不多，所以大部分的人对于担任后援投手的Price的
球威不太熟悉。我们迅速的浏览一下Price会投哪些球路。
Since he is such a highly regarded prospect, there is a ton of information
about David Price on the web. Here are a couple of nice scouting reports, an
excellent interview this year by our own Brandon Isleib and a mechanics
breakdown by Carlos Gomez.
由于他是受到高度瞩目的新秀，在网络上有一大堆关于David Price的资讯。这里有两个
很棒的球探报告，由Branson Islieb在今年做的访问与Carlos Gomez的技术分析。
David Price's stuff
David Price的球威
Because Price has worked out of the bullpen for all but one of his
appearances this year, he has been basically a two-pitch pitcher: fastball
and hard slider. He apparently also has a slurvy slider which he hasn't
thrown in the big leagues and an improving change-up which he has used very
sparingly. Here is a look at his movement chart.
Price今年都是以牛棚投手的身分出赛，基本上来说他是一位只投两种球路的投手: 快速
球与快速滑球。很显然的他还会投滑曲球，但是在大联盟尚未使用过这个球种，另外
Price也很少使用正在进步中的变速球。这里是他的球路位移量图。
Price's fastball is his bread and butter right now. Previous scouting reports
put this pitch in the low 90s, but working out of the bullpen Price has
dialed this pitch up to 95.5 mph on average. There are a scant few lefties in
the league who can touch 95 mph, much less work there, so this is a huge
weapon for Price. And as if 95 mph wasn't enough, he is showing excellent
movement, generating 5.5 inches of horizontal break away from a right-handed
batter compared to a ball thrown without spin. If he threw nothing but
fastballs out of the bullpen. he likely could have a long, productive career—
his fastball is that good.
Price的快速球是他目前在大联盟求生存的武器。之前的球探报告指出他的快速球球速大
约为90mph出头，但是担任牛棚投手时，Price的快速球平均速度提升至95.5mph。在联盟
中没有几位左投手能投出95mph的球速，所以快速球是Price最重要的武器。除了95mph的
球速外，这个球路还拥有优异的尾劲，和不旋转的球相比，具有5.5吋偏离右打者的水平
位移。如果他在离开牛棚后只投快速球，他很有可能会有个长期且优秀的生涯 - 他的快
速球就是这么的棒。
The difference between a solid pitcher and truly dominant pitcher, though, is
in his off-speed offerings. Right now, Price's off-speed pitches aren't
exactly at that level. The slider he is using is a hard one that offers no
horizontal movement to speak of and little vertical difference from his
fastball. Price has been using his slider nearly equally to left- and
right-handed batters and mostly later in the count. For this pitch to become
an effective strikeout pitch, he is going to have to get more swings and
misses with it, but it doesn't offer the kind of movement it takes to
consistently fool big league hitters.
稳定可靠的投手与具有支配比赛能力的投手之间的差别在于变化球的水准。目前Price的
变化球威力稍嫌不足。Price所投的滑球属于快速滑球，不具有水平位移，与他的快速球
将相比有少许的垂直位移。他在面对左打与右打者时使用滑球的比率接近，并且几乎都是
在球数领先时才会使用。为了要让这个滑球成为能够有效三振打者的球路，他必须让打者
在面对他的滑球时挥更多的空棒，但是目前滑球的位移量似乎不足以持续骗到大联盟打者
。
Price threw his change-up only three times in the 201 pitches that PITCHf/x
tracked in the regular season. He has been used as a situational lefty, and
since it is uncommon to see a lefty/lefty change-up it isn't too surprising
that he hasn't used this pitch more. What we can see even from this small
sample is that Price throws a straight change-up; it has similar movement to
his fastball compared to the down and away movement that we see from a circle
change.
根据正规球季的PITCHf/x资料，Price在201球中只投了3球变速球。他是在担任功能性左
投时所投的，虽然左投对左打投出变速球比较不常见，不过对于他不太使用这个球种也不
用感到太惊讶。从这个少许的样本中我们可以看出Price所投的是直坠变速球;他的变速球
具有与快速球相似的下坠与水平位移，类似我们常见的圈只变速球。
Price generates about a nine mph differential between his fastball and his
change-up. which is good, but scouting reports say he has trouble locating
the pitch and indeed all three of his tracked change-ups were out of the
zone. On the positive side, he did throw all three change-ups early in the
count, so he is aware that when he does throw that pitch he is looking for
strikes with it.
Price的快速球与变速球间大约有9mph的速差。算是不错的速差，但是球探报告中却指出
他对变速球的控制能力大有问题，而他所投的3颗变速球也的确都在好球带外。从正面角
度来看，这三颗变速球都是在球数领先前投的，这代表他希望用变速球来抢好球数。
Comparison to Sabathia and Kazmir
对照 Sabathia 与 Kazmir
I think the best potential comparisons when projecting David Price are to
fellow lefties CC Sabathia and Scott Kazmir. For starters, all three throw a
fastball, slider and straight change-up. While there are obviously some
current differences in the way they pitch, these are two potential outcomes
for Price.
我认为在研究David Price时，最佳的对照为CC Sabathia与Scott Kazmir。身为先发投手
，这三位都会投快速球，滑球与直坠变速球。很显然地虽然他们的投球方式目前有些不同
，但是另外这两位投手是Price未来有可能成为的类型。
Kazmir is shorter and not as big as Price or Sabathia, but he still gets his
fastball up near 93 mph with a slider that is eerily similar to Price's. The
difference here is Kazmir doesn't rely on his slider and uses it much less in
strikeout situations.
Kazmir个子比较矮，不像Price与Sabathia那样高大，但是他仍然能将他的快速球维持在
将近93mph的球速，再搭配上与Price类似的滑球。差别是Kazmir不依赖他的滑球，且较少
在有三振机会时投滑球。
Kazmir doesn't need a dominant slider because he has a dominant change-up and
he is mostly facing right-handed batters. Kazmir gets a ridiculous 13 mph
differential between his fastball and his change-up, which gives gravity
plenty of time to naturally drop it, fooling batters with the similar spin to
his fastball. It will be interesting to see if Price can pick Kazmir's brain
and develop a nasty change-up of his own. It seems like Kazmir should be able
to help, since they both appear to throw from nearly the same arm slot and
both are using the straight change.
由于Kazmir具有优异的变速球，而且他大多数面对的是右打者，所以他不需要优异的滑球
。Kazmir的变速球与快速球的速差达到13mph，这使得地心引力有较长的时间使球自然下
坠，打者会因为这颗球与快速球相似的旋转而上当。如果能见到Price发展出一颗属于自
己的变态变速球将会很有意思。看起来Kazmir似乎可以帮得上忙，因为他们两人的出手角
度相近，且都使用直坠变速球。
Like Sabathia, Price is a tall lefty with some bulk. Both have very live
fastballs in terms of movement and velocity. Sabathia's change-up is a little
more polished than Price's, but the tools are very similar. What
differentiates Price from Sabathia now is Sabathia's crazy-good slider.
Price与Sabathia一样是拥有庞大身躯的高个子左投。以位移与球速的观点来看，两人都
拥有非常灵活的快速球。Sabathia的变速球则比Price的好一些，但是基本上两人的武器
是相同的。Price与Sabathia不同的是Sabathia有颗极为优异的滑球。
While Price and Kazmir both feature hard sliders without much movement,
Sabathia takes a little more off his and generates more than five inches of
horizontal slide with it. That is a truly dominant strikeout pitch, so with
hitters frightened of getting to two strikes on Sabathia, you see them
swinging at a lot of fastballs early in the count. That seems like a good
thing, but actually hitting a 95 mph fastball with good horizontal movement
the other direction well is not easy. Price has that kind of fastball too, so
if he can develop a Sabtahia-esque slider he can put the same pressure on
hitters.
Price与Kazmir投的都是位移量不多的快速滑球，Sabathia依赖的则是他那颗水平位移超
过5吋的滑球。这是一颗极具有势的三振球路，所以打者很怕在面对Sabathia时面临两好
球的局面，所以他们在球数领先前挥击了很多快速球。这似乎是件好事，但是要打好具有
优异水平位移的 95mph快速球不是那么容易。Price也拥有那样的快速球，所以如果他能
发展出一颗类似Sabathia的滑球，那么他也能带给打者相同的压力。
Conclusions
结论
At just 22, David Price still has a lot of room to grow as a pitcher. If
either his change-up or his slider develops into a plus pitch, look out,
because he has a fastball that already can make hitters look foolish. As is,
he can be an overpowering reliever with a fastball that by itself will be
hard to catch up with. While he can mix in a slider on occasion, it isn't a
pitch that is going to consistently get major league hitters out.
David Price才22岁，所以还有很大的成长空间。由于他的快速球已经足以对付打者，如
果他的变速球或滑球能进步成为一颗优于平均水准的球路，打者就得小心了。目前Price
是一位快速球让打者挥棒难以赶上的后援投手。尽管他偶而会搭配滑球，但是这个球路还
无法持续的解决大联盟打者。
I think the role as a situational lefty is a good one for Price right now, as
he doesn't have to worry about throwing his change-up, which clearly is his
third best pitch. Just go out and throw strikes with the fastball and see if
lefties can hit it.
我相信功能性左投目前对Price而言是一个很适合的角色，他不需要担心投他的第三号球
路变速球。Price只需要放手将快速球投进好球带，看看左打者到底能不能打的到。
原文
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/a-sneak-peak-at-david-price/