Tampa Bay Rays: Can they unload some big contracts?
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原文作者︰Andrew Marchand,ESPN.com
2017 record: 80-82(美东第三,美联第七)
The Rays are looking to subtract payroll this winter from a club that
finished 80-82, the Tampa Bay Times reported. With the young talent on the
Red Sox and Yankees, this will likely again make it difficult for the Rays
to compete for the AL East in 2018.
坦帕湾当地媒体的报导曾经指出︰即使今年只差一场比赛就能把胜率拉到五成,光芒
队在寒假仍然打算把球员薪资总额调低。而且随着红袜与洋基新生代球员的窜起,
恐怕会让光芒队再度陷入难以在美联东区竞争的困境中。
If the Rays are going to do anything to add, it is likely they will need to
unload some big contracts from a payroll that was $80 million last season.
The Rays already have given 30-year-old Alex Cobb the qualifying offer. If he
accepts, he will make $17.4 million in 2018, which is more than anyone in the
franchise's history. The Rays, surely, hope he declines and signs as a free
agent so they receive a compensatory pick.
假如光芒队在这个冬天有任何需要增添的事物,那应该就是大型合约的卸除量,好让
薪资总额的负荷得以纾解(今年球季此金额是8千万美金)。光芒高层已经对30岁的投
手Alex Cobb提出合格报价(QO),假如AC接受的话,他将在明年从光芒队得到1740万
的年薪–这个价码也将创下光芒队史的新高。不过,光芒球团很明显地希望AC拒绝这
份QO并投入自由市场,这样球团才能在省钱之余顺带赚到一枚补偿式选秀签。
If Cobb comes back, the Rays will have even more of a financial need to
subtract, because with Cobb, Evan Longoria ($13.5 million), Wilson
Ramos($10.5 million), Chris Archer ($6.25 million), Kevin Kiermaier ($5.5
million) and Nathan Eovaldi ($2 million), the Rays would have six players
signed for more than $50 million. That combined with 13 players eligible for
arbitration and Tampa will be looking to shed payroll rather than add.
假如Cobb宣布归队的话,光芒队将会面临更繁杂的财务纾解压力,因为把Cobb、Evan
Longoria(1350万)、Wilson Ramos(1050万)、Chris Archer(625万)、Kevin
Kiermaier(550万)与Nathan Eovaldi(2百万)这六名球员的薪资相加,就表示光他们
恐怕就要让光芒注至少五千万,再加上旗下有13名球员有资格申请薪资仲裁,这两件
事情都会让光芒对球员的薪资更倾向调低而非调高。
注︰Cobb已经于两周前拒绝QO,已正式成为自由球员