Cubs will be in position to make a splash with Jon Lester
http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/cubs-will-be-position-make-splash-jon-lester
开始乱翻：
No matter what happens with the Wrigley Field renovations and the next TV
contract, the Cubs will be in position to make a splash and sign Jon Lester
to a megadeal.
升级主堡、新的电视合约是什么？
あははーっ、佐祐理にはわかりません。
Multiple industry sources say the Cubs are targeting Lester and will make a
run at him this winter, trying to set a foundation piece in the rebuild at
Clark and Addison.
不明组织说小熊会追Jon Lester
That doesn’t mean the Cubs will win a bidding war with the New York Yankees
– remember the Masahiro Tanaka sweepstakes? – and Lester is said to be on
pretty good terms with the Boston Red Sox brass after the July 31 deadline
trade that shipped him to the Oakland A’s.
田中将大被拦胡
不排除Jon Lester遭劫走...
But Lester is believed to be open-minded about his future, and the
connections to Chicago are obvious. Cubs president of baseball operations
Theo Epstein, the former Red Sox general manager, watched Lester develop into
an All-Star, beating cancer and winning the clinching game in the 2007 World
Series.
Theo Epstein：Lester早餐吃哪家麦片我都知道
Lester again showed why he will be in demand on Tuesday night at U.S.
Cellular Field, going eight innings and beating the White Sox 11-2. That
stopped the bleeding for an Oakland team that had been 28 games over .500 on
Aug. 9 and began Sept. 9 barely clinging onto a wild card.
强
暴
喏
Lester (14-10, 2.52 ERA) has put together his best season, even after coming
down from the World Series high. Even with the contract talks leaking out in
Boston and all the speculation about his next destination. Even in getting
traded from the only team he’d ever known and being dropped into a
completely different environment.
强
暴
喏
“I just try to do my job,” Lester said. “Year in and year out, I just try
to do my job. I only get to do it every five days, so I take a lot of pride
in that fifth day, regardless of the circumstance, whether it’s playoffs,
whether it’s contract year, whether it’s anything else. If I do my job, all
that stuff will take care of itself.”
啊.....就....球来就投啊
Either this winter or next, the Cubs are expected to acquire one or two big
names to anchor their rotation. Even if it didn’t lead to a blockbuster
trade with the Philadelphia Phillies, claiming Cole Hamels on waivers last
month showed how the Cubs are thinking.
需要更多的新鲜手臂
Epstein’s baseball operations department already built a war chest with
leftover money from a losing bid for Tanaka (six years, $120 million). The
Alfonso Soriano megadeal finally falls off the books after this season.
田中、索爷的金钱空缺没人补
The Cubs have less than $30 million committed to Starlin Castro, Anthony
Rizzo, Jorge Soler, Edwin Jackson and Ryan Sweeney next season, a projection
that doesn’t include arbitration cases.
卖身契很多
(Edwin Jackson你挡到卖身契的招牌喏)
不含仲裁薪资总额不到30MM
“Because we have so many young players who are going to be cost-controlled
over the next several seasons,” Epstein said, “we have tremendous
flexibility built into our roster as it is. We’re going to field a pretty
good nucleus with a very low payroll associated with that.
基本工资杂鱼太多
“That in and of itself – and some of the savings that we’ve made over the
last offseason for example – will allow us the flexibility we need to be
very aggressive should the right player or players present themselves to us.”
伸缩自如的薪资空间只为对的人开启大门
That doesn’t solve all the big-picture issues for the Ricketts family and
Crane Kenney’s business operations department. It won’t automatically spike
the payroll back to where it was during the final years of Tribune Co.
ownership. But the Cubs are getting to a place where they can overpay for
pitching and absorb decline seasons when someone like Lester reaches his
mid-30s.
花钱的地方太多喏
需要更多的高能瓦斯
“On a longer-term look,” Epstein said, “as we get closer to a new TV deal,
and as we start to realize some of the revenues associated with the renovated
Wrigley Field, I believe that will only enhance our flexibility and our
aggressiveness.
下一份电视合约与拉皮过的主场会带来收入
“That’s down the road. I’m very confident in our business side, that the
right TV deal will be struck at the right time and we’re going to realize
revenues from Wrigley Field.
有信心能带来钱流
“But those two things combined – the flexibility that we have and the
potential for increased payroll down the road with increased revenues – has
got to make Cubs fans excited.”
(所以明年票价涨定喏！)
Lester will be 31 next season and has already won two World Series rings,
which might make him a little more patient – as long as the money’s right –
while the Cubs try to piece together a perennial contender.
只要价钱正确
Lester愿意共体时艰
Max Scherzer is not believed to be interested in a rebuilding situation, and
the Scott Boras client already turned down a reported six-year, $144 million
offer from the Detroit Tigers in spring training.
Scherzer只想抱大腿
而且还想要很多钱
慢走不送
Lester checks all the boxes. He’s durable, on track to make 30-plus starts
for the seventh straight season. He’s a good teammate who knows all about
the pressures of playing in a big market.
强
暴
喏
“I love Jon,” said Oakland pitcher Jason Hammel, an ex-Cub who grew up near
Lester in Washington. “He’s a Tacoma boy. I played against him in summer
ball. We came up against each other. We played against each other in
tournaments all the time. He’s a great guy. I can see why he’s successful
and also why he’s very likeable. (He’s a) good family guy and a hard worker.
”
Jason Hammel和Jon Lester是青梅竹马
“You always feel like you have a great chance to win the game,” Oakland
manager Bob Melvin said. “You feel like he’s going to keep you in the game,
regardless, and he’s done that for us.
Lester随时都让我很舒服
“As far as confidence as a team goes, it always starts with the starting
pitcher that you run out there on that particular day. Whatever team he’s
on, you’re going to feel good about your chances to win that day.”
Lester随时都让我很舒服
The Cubs understand they need someone to set the tone for their pitching
staff, help establish a clubhouse culture and take the ball for Game 1 of a
playoff series. That’s what Lester could do on the North Side.
抢定喏！