Arizona Diamondbacks’ AJ Pollock is an MVP candidate
August 24, 2015 by Matthew Savage
It takes awhile for Arizona Diamondbacks players to be recognized nationally.
The team hasn’t performed well in recent years, and as a West Coast team most
games are played while the rest of the country is sleeping. That’s why it’s
such a surprise to see Paul Goldschmidt voted into the All-Star game two years
in a row. He overcame the disadvantage of playing for the D’Backs by playing
so dang well no one could ignore him. AJ Pollock is now looking to do the same
, he’s playing so well that he legitimately needs to be in the NL MVP talks.
亚历桑纳响尾蛇球员要获得国家级的重视需要花一段时间.原因有二,第一,响尾蛇近年表现
不佳;第二,西岸在比赛时美国其他地方已经开始睡觉了.也因为如此,当Paul Goldschmidt
连续两年投票获选国联明星赛先发时,令人感到惊讶.他以夭寿好的表现让没有人可以忽略
他,克服身在响尾蛇的困境.A.J. Pollock也正试图复制Goldschmidt的路,他打得好到让他
需要在NL MVP讨论时被提及.
The problem with Pollock is that while he’s a very good hitter, he doesn’t
stand out as much as Goldy at the plate, especially in counting stats. He has
a very good .324 average and .376 on base, but only 13 home runs and 54 RBIs.
The low RBI count is a result of hitting lead off, which is why Pollock instead
leads the league with 88 runs scored. His home run numbers really aren’t that
bad considering he also hits plenty of doubles (30) and triples (5), bringing
his slugging percentage to .495. Of course that’s great, but not unbelievably
high, but it’s the fact that Pollock is able to do everything that makes him
so good.
Pollock的问题在于,虽然他是个很好的打者,但他在打击区上,尤其当我们看数据时,他并不
像Goldschmidt一样突出.他有相当好的.324打击率(NL 4),和.376上垒率(NL 6),但他只有
13支全垒打跟54分打点.常常打一棒或二棒是Pollock打点低的原因,相对的他也有国联第一
的88次得分(全联盟只落后Donaldson).考量到Pollock也打了一堆二垒安打(30)跟三垒安打
(5),所以低的全垒打数其实没那么糟,而他的长打率其实也有.495.当然这已经很棒,但不是
不可思议的高,事实上Pollock会很好也是因为他能够在每个地方都做的不错.
Pollock is 33/39 in stolen base attempts this year. His 85% success rate ranks
him only behind Billy Hamilton in the NL for players with 30+ attempts. In
these days it’s very unusual to see a great hitter who steals as often as
Pollock does, even Mike Trout has stopped running.
Pollock今年在39次的盗垒尝试成功了33次.他85%的成功率在国联30盗以上的打者只落后
Billy Hamilton(实际上国联30盗也只有Pollock, Billy, Dee Gordon跟Blackmon).在这种
好打者不太常盗垒的日子里像Pollock这么常盗垒很少见,连Mike Trout也停止盗垒了(他不
用XD).
Pollock has also been one of the best defenders in one of the hardest positions
to play. Both DRS and UZR have Pollock ranked with the best. The only thing
Pollock doesn’t do exceptionally is throw, but I think we can let him have one
flaw.
Pollock也是最难守的位子中最好的防守者.他在DRS跟UZR都领先国联.他唯一不强的就是传
球,但我觉得我们可以接受他有一个缺点.
I should note that I’m not preaching for Pollock to actually win the MVP award
, not as it stands. Bryce Harper is having an incredible season that has him
winning if he continues his success, and Goldschmidt is right behind him. But
Pollock is among the top five players in the national league this year, and we
need to consider him over well known players like Buster Posey and Andrew
McCutchen.
并不是想要宣扬说Pollock会真的"赢得"MVP.Bryce Harper有着夸张的球季,如果他能继续
他的成功的话,他会赢得MVP,而Goldschmidt会排在第二.但Pollock是今年国联前五的球员
,我们应该要把他排在知名球员如Buster Posey跟Andrew McCutchen前面.