By Sam Miller of ESPN
原文网址:http://tinyurl.com/y9gdl7tg
Welcome to the era of the terrible, horrible, no good,
very bad 30-home-run hitter
欢迎来到这尽管打出三十轰但实际上却烂到有剩的打者的年代。
If I could put one memento from this home run era into the time capsule,
it would be Rougned Odor's line from June 30.
如果我要为这全垒打满天飞的年代里挑出一个最有代表性的事情,
那将会是Rougned Odor今年6/30比赛的表现。
Odor, the Texas Rangers' second baseman and No. 5 hitter that day, homered in
the fourth inning with a man on base. It was his 13th long ball of the year,
which used to be a lot. In 1988, the most formative year of my own baseball
fandom, 13 home runs would have led American League second basemen for the
entire season. Homers might not be as rare as they used to be, but they're
still the most valuable thing Odor could have done 13 times.
当天Odor是游骑兵的先发第五棒,镇守二垒。Odor在该场比赛的第四局击出了他本季的第
十三发全垒打。如果把这个数字放到1988年球季来看,会是在所有美联二垒手整季里排名
第一。尽管在现今的MLB里,全垒打已经不再那么罕见,但那仍是Odor的表现中最值得一
提的事情。
In that game, he also grounded into an inning-ending double play with the
bases loaded, flied out, popped out and struck out. According to
run-expectancy estimates, Odor's bat actually cost the Rangers runs on a day
he hit a two-run homer. This was a very Rougned Odor accomplishment: He
closed June with a .207/.244/.376 slash line. He had been baseball's
second-worst-hitting second baseman.
Odor在该场比赛的其余打席分别是双杀打、飞球出局、小飞球出局以及三振。若根据得分
期望值来计算,尽管Odor当天打了一发两分全垒打,但实际上他的表现其实是让游骑兵队
少得一分的,这其实是一件非常Odor的。六月结束时,他的打击三围是.207/.244/.376,
这个成绩在所有二垒手里面排名倒数第二。
Things haven't gotten much better or