来源: The New York Times
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In This Comeback, K’s Keep a Low Profile
K功不一定要了得-白袜Carlos Rodon为例
In his first three major league seasons, Carlos Rodon of the Chicago White
Sox was right in line with modern trends. Rodon had a losing record and an
earned run average near 4.00, but he averaged more than a strikeout per
inning, like so many others in the age of power pitching.
在Carlos Rodon刚上大联盟的前三年，他在芝加哥白袜，正赶上那时候的潮流。他的战绩
不佳，ERA接近4，但是他每局三振平均超过一个，就像在强力投球时代其他的投手一样。
But a strange thing has happened to Rodon during his return from arthroscopic
shoulder surgery in June: He’s gotten fewer strikeouts and started pitching
better than ever.
但是奇怪的事情在Rodon在六月时接受关节镜手术后发生了：他的三振数变少了，但是他开
始投的比以前好。
“Strikeouts are nice, trust me,” Rodon said the other day in the Bronx. “I
want them too. They’re just not happening. I’ve been getting that early
contact.”
“三振很爽，相信我，”Rodon在纽约Bronx接受访问时说到。“我也很想要三振，但是就
是没有；最近打者都很早就出棒打我的球了。”
For Rodon, that contact has barely dented his statistics. After beating the
Yankees on Monday, he was averaging just 5.59 hits allowed per nine innings,
the best in the majors among pitchers with at least 90 innings.
对Rodon来说，那些打到的球对他的数据表现几乎没什么影响；星期一率领白袜击败洋基
后，他的每九局平均被打安打数是5.59，在目前所有投手投超过90局里面排名第一。
Only three others had allowed less than six hits per nine innings — Chris
Sale, Max Scherzer and Blake Snell, who all averaged at least 10 strikeouts
per nine innings. Rodon averaged 6.8. So how has he done it, besides early
contact?
目前只有其他三位投手每九局被打安打少于六支