4. What Will the Marlins Do with Giancarlo Stanton?
Winter, eh? I guess that means we better get ready for an endless flow of
Giancarlo Stanton trade rumors.
That normally is the case, especially since the Marlins' huge trade with the
Toronto Blue Jays in 2012 left him as the only player worth a darn in Miami.
And with Stanton eligible for arbitration for the first time this winter, maybe
the Marlins will indeed deal him before they have to pay him.
Or not.
Unsurprisingly, Stanton had a fantastic season in 2014—complete with a .950
OPS and a National League-best 37 homers. What was surprising is how
competitive the Marlins were, as their 77-85 record was good enough to keep
them in the NL wild-card race for much of the year.
Given these circumstances, it's no wonder that Marlins president David Samson
told Clark Spencer of The Miami Herald in September that the Marlins would
actually like to lock Stanton up this winter. If he's optimistic about where
the club is heading after 2014, they might be able to do so.
Granted, this doesn't mean a trade can be ruled out entirely. But if the
Marlins are going to lock Stanton up, there may never be a better time to do so
than this winter.
4. 马大鱼会怎么处理Giancarlo？
冬天是吧？我想这意味着，我们等著看无数关于Giancarlo Stanton的交易传闻。
马大鱼想这样干很正常啦，马大鱼在2012年与蓝鸟重磅交易之后，Giancarlo成为马大鱼唯
一有价值的筹码。现在，Giancarlo第一次符合仲裁资格，在马大鱼仲裁失败之前，好好地
处理他，很合逻辑啦～
2014 Giancarlo的表现不意外，OPS.950，37轰领先国联，该意外的是马大鱼竟然这么有竞
争力，77-85的战绩，直到季赛末段都在争取国联外卡排行。
基于这些状况，这也难怪马大鱼总裁David Samson九月时告诉迈阿密先锋报说，他们今年冬
天想要留下Giancarlo。
诚然，总裁的发言不代表马大鱼非得留下Giancarlo不可，但如果马大鱼要留下他，今年冬
天是最好的时机囉。
3. How Will Andrew Friedman Reshape the Dodgers?
The Los Angeles Dodgers scored big when they lured Andrew Friedman from the
Tampa Bay Rays to become their president of baseball operations. He's a smart
one, and now he has almost limitless resources.
His first offseason at the wheel, however, won't exactly be easy.
Friedman and his front office have some tough decisions to make. Those range
from whether to re-sign Hanley Ramirez to adding some depth to the starting
rotation to giving the bullpen an overhaul to arguably the most difficult
problem of all: figuring out the team's outfield logjam.
"We’ll have to work through it and figure out what puts us in the best
position to have the most success next year and in creating a roster that
complements one another," said Friedman of the team's outfield, via Steve
Dilbeck of the Los Angeles Times. "That will obviously be a focus of ours in
the coming months.”
The Dodgers have Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp, Carl Crawford, Andre Ethier and Joc
Pederson in their outfield mix. Puig's a sure thing, but Kemp can't field
nearly as well as he hits, and he, Crawford and Ethier all have big contracts
that will be tough to move. Pederson, meanwhile, is something of an unknown.
Good luck figuring that out, Mr. Friedman.
3. 火人Andrew Friedman会怎么重塑LAD的队形？
LAD把火人从TB引诱到LAD担任棒球事务部总裁，真是大加分。他既聪明，现在手上又有一大
堆钞票，但是，他在LAD的第一个季后，工作可没那么简单。
火人跟他的部属们必须面对不少困难抉择，包括重签小亨利、增强轮值深度、大修牛棚、还
有一个吵不停的问题—外野要给谁站。
“我们必须找出最适合、最容易成功的外野队形”，火人对LA时报说，“那是我们接下来几
个月的重点。”
LAD的外野有浦仪、Kemp、Crawford、Ethier还有Pederson。浦仪是确定的，但Kemp跟浦仪
守位相冲，而Kemp、Crawford、Ethier都有大约在身。
祝你好运啊火人，科科。
2. Are the Cubs Guilty of Tampering with Joe Maddon?
After firing Rick Renteria on Friday, the Chicago Cubs will make it official on
Monday: Joe Maddon will be their new manager.
This is not exactly the most shocking turn of events. Maddon stood out as an
appealing option for the Cubs as soon as he opted out of his contract with the
Tampa Bay Rays, and Renteria's track record was hardly a deterrent. It was no
big surprise when Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reported on the eve of the
seventh game of the World Series that the Cubs were going to hire Maddon.
But now that Maddon is joining the Cubs, the question arises: Did they play
dirty to get him?
That's not a question of whether they screwed over Renteria. As Marc Topkin of
the Tampa Bay Times reported, it's a question of whether the Cubs had a hand in
Maddon opting out of his deal with the Rays. That would be tampering, and the
Rays are apparently convinced that the Cubs are guilty of it.
It won't be so simple for the Rays to prove that the Cubs did tamper with
Maddon, but it's a good bet they'll try to anyway. And even if they can't prove
anything, there could still be plenty of drama.
So yeah—just imagine if the Rays can prove the Cubs tampered with Maddon.
2. 光绪熊有没有引诱西瓜
在周五炒掉Rick Renteria之后，CHC（光绪熊）在周一正式宣告，西瓜会是他们下一季的总
教练。
这不是这件事让你最震惊的部份。西瓜在跳脱合约后，本来就是光绪熊最好的总教练人选，
而Renteria本来就没啥显赫战绩，所以根本不意外。
但现在的问题是，光绪熊为了雇用西瓜，是不是搞了啥脏手段？
TB很难证明CHC用不正当方式收买西瓜，但他们会尽力去证明。就算无法证明什么，他们还
是会搞出一出大戏。
所以，想像吧：“如果”TB可以证明光绪熊收买西瓜…（抓爆米花）
（译按：没有想过竟有一天，能看到MLB也有抓奸剧情）
1. Where Will the Three Aces End Up?
And now for the biggest question: Where will the three biggest prizes of the
free-agent market end up?
Those, for the record, would be Max Scherzer, Jon Lester and James Shields.
Each of them is a legit No. 1 starting pitcher, and there's quite a bit of
distance between them and the next-best options on the starting pitching market.
And yeah—with teams more willing than ever to pay for pitching, they stand to
make somewhere around…all of the money.
There are some big-money teams in need of front-line starters this winter,
which will work in their favor. Included among them are the New York Yankees
and Boston Red Sox, and you can never rule out the Los Angeles Dodgers. The
Chicago Cubs also have some dough to spend, and Gordon Wittenmyer of the
Chicago Sun-Times is one of many who expects them to make a run at Lester.
So get ready: The dollar signs Scherzer, Lester and Shields will command are
likely to be very big, and it's possible that each could end up wearing the
uniform of a storied franchise.
Until then, prepare for rumors. Lots and lots of rumors.
1.哪三位投手最值钱
现在，终于轮到最后大戏—哪三人会是今年FA最值钱的投手？
按照成绩来说，应该是Max Scherzer、Jon Lester（抗癌），与神盾。他们三人都是王牌投
手，而且他们跟剩下的FA投手们有段差距。
现在的市场，比起野手，大家更愿意买投手。所以，他们现在的处境是—赚翻惹。
现在市场上有几个需要前段先发的豪门球队，比如说传统豪门NYY与BOS，当然不能忘记喷出
石油的LAD，光绪熊也有些钱可以洒。CHI太阳时报的 Gordon Wittenmyer就是众多预料光绪
熊会追求Lester的人之一。
所以准备好，签下这三人的金额会非常地高，他们三人也都可能穿上传统豪门的制服，在那
一刻来到前，我们会有超级无敌多的乳摸可以看。爽～
原文from b/r：http://ppt.cc/sGjW
By Zachary D. Rymer , MLB Lead Writer Nov 2, 2014