1. 新闻来源：
mlbtraderumors
2. 新闻标题：
Indians To Sign Matt Joyce
Indians To Sign Alex Wilson
3. 新闻内容：
By Steve Adams | February 8, 2019 at 11:16am CDT
11:16am: Joyce’s contract comes with a $1.25MM base salary if he makes the
roster, and he can earn an additional $500K based on his number of plate
appearances, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today (Twitter link).
8:10am: It’s a minor league pact for Joyce, Joe Noga of Cleveland.com
reports. He’ll be in Major League camp with the Indians this spring and look
to earn a spot on the Opening Day roster.
7:35am: Free-agent outfielder Matt Joyce announced this morning, via Twitter,
that he’s agreed to sign with the Indians. Terms of the deal for the ACES
client are not yet known.
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The 34-year-old Joyce will join Cleveland in search of a rebound campaign
after struggling through a down season with the A’s in 2018. Last year, in
the second season of a two-year deal worth $10MM, Joyce hit just
.208/.322/.353 with seven home runs and nine doubles in 246 plate appearances
across 83 games. Back troubles hampered him along the way, as he spent nearly
two months of the summer on the disabled list due to a lumbar strain.
That said, Joyce is just a year removed from turning in a .243/.335/.473
slash with a career-best 25 homers in 541 plate appearances with Oakland.
That type of production would be a welcome sight for an Indians organization
whose current outfield mix is expected to feature Greg Allen, Leonys Martin,
Tyler Naquin, Jordan Luplow and, if healthy, Bradley Zimmer. Joyce doesn’t
exactly bring stability to that uncertain mix, given questions about his own
production following last year’s rough results, but if he’s healthy there’
s a good chance he’ll be among the club’s more productive options.
Joyce, after all, turned in decidedly above-average offensive output in seven
of the eight seasons leading up to 2018 and is a career .250/.351/.451 hitter
against right-handed pitching. He’s best deployed in a platoon capacity
(.184/.267/.306 career slash against lefties), making him a potentially nice
pairing with the right-handed-hitting Luplow.
On the defensive side of the coin, Joyce is limited to the outfield corners,
although he did log 16 innings in center for the A’s in a pinch across the
past two seasons. He’s generally received average or better marks for his
range in both left field and right field, and he has more than 2900 innings
of big league experience at both positions.
By Jeff Todd | February 8, 2019 at 5:52pm CDT
The Indians have agreed to terms with reliever Alex Wilson, according to Jeff
Passan of ESPN.com (via Twitter). The right-hander receives a minor-league
deal with an invitation to MLB Spring Training.
Wilson will need to earn his way onto the Indians roster this spring. If he
can do so, he would stand to earn $1.25MM for the 2019 season. The deal also
includes a $750K incentives package.
The 32-year-old Wilson was a perennial contributor to the Tigers bullpen over
the prior four seasons. All told, through parts of six MLB campaigns, he
carries a 3.23 ERA with 6.0 K/9 and 2.3 BB/9 along with a 44.8% groundball
rate. The bottom-line numbers were similar last year, when Wilson ran a 3.36
ERA in his 61 2/3 frames while boosting his groundball rate to 49.2%.
Any team would certainly love to have a durable, low-3 reliever in its pen.
The issue with Wilson is whether that sort of performance can really be
anticipated moving forward. The Detroit organization obviously wasn’t
optimistic, as it non-tendered him rather than paying a projected $2.8MM
salary. And the rest of the league declined to come forward with a 40-man
spot before the start of camp.
Wilson sits in range of 93 mph with his four-seam and two-seam fastballs. He
throws breaking balls as well but relies most heavily on cutter/slider
offering. Wilson’s hard-to-classify main pitch was more effective than ever
last year even as he boosted its usage to the point that he utilized it in
half of the pitches he delivered.
To date, Wilson has maxed out that arsenal and done just enough to get outs,
even without a swing-and-miss offering or sustained, elite groundball
production. He doesn’t issue many walks and has historically not
outperformed Statcast’s expectations (career .317 wOBA-against vs. .314
xwOBA-against), but ERA estimators haven’t been enthused (career 3.81 FIP,
4.39 xFIP, 4.14 SIERA).
Those interested in learning more about where Wilson has been and where he
might be headed would do well to check out this lengthy look from SB Nation’
s Brandon Day.
4. 新闻连结：
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/02/indians-sign-matt-joyce.html
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/02/indians-to-sign-alex-wilson.html
5. 备注：
(1) 印地安人以小联盟约签下外野手Matt Joyce，如果能进入25人名单的薪水是$1.25/1YR
，并依据打席数给予至多$500K的激励奖金；另一方面，印地安人也以小联盟约附带大联盟
春训邀请签下后援投手Alex Wilson，如果能进25人名单的薪水是$1.25MM/1YR，另外还有
$750K的激励奖金。
(2) 在Matt Joyce的介绍方面，他加入印地安人寻求一个反弹的球季，在运动家$11MM/2YR
的合约期间，第一年打出生涯单季最多25轰，但第二年打得挣扎、因腰肌劳损(Lumbar
Strain)进IL(Injury List)两个月，他或许对球队不是全职外野手，但借由与阵中几位年
轻好手搭配仍是值得期待，球团期待他能回复过往到过往的水准。
(3) 在Matt Joyce的打击方面，他比较适合担任platoon的脚色，他生涯对右投手打击三围
.250/.351/.451、对左投手仅.184/.267/.306；在防守方面，他的守备位置为左右外野，
虽然他曾在运动家守过16局的中外野，但他生涯左右外野站超过2900局，贡献平均或以上
的守备水准仍是比较可信的。
(4) 在Alex Wilson的介绍方面，他为老虎队牛棚贡献数年心力，生涯在大联盟缴出3.23
ERA、6.0 K/9、2.3 BB/9及44.8%的滚地球制造率，与去年球季的表现相去不远。对任何球
队来说，至少需要有三位可信任的后援投手，而Wilson在牛棚内可期待有好表现，而老虎
队会选择不跟他换约是有原因的，因为球队前景不是很乐观，加上他预测的仲裁薪水需要
$2.8MM，或许对现今的老虎队来说，增添一个40人位置或许比留下他更为重要。
(5) 在Alex Wilson的投球方面，他不太会投保送，他的四缝线与二缝线速球可达93mph，
变化球也投的够水准，他从去年开始增添切球跟滑球的使用搭配，让打者更难以捉模，而
这种投球模式对解决打者已足够，虽然无法造成打者频频挥空，但他有杰出的滚地球制造
能力，Statcast's预计他今年的表现不会与生涯相去甚远，生涯.317 wOBA-against vs.
.314 xwOBA-against、3.81 FIP, 4.39 xFIP, 4.14 SIERA。
(6) 印地安人队今年预计的投手与野手阵容：
A. 投手部分：
(A) SP：Corey Kluber、Trevor Bauer、Carlos Carrasco、Mike Clevinger、
Shane Bieber、Danny Salazar(INJ)。
(B) SP/LR：Adam Plutko。
(C) RP：Nick Wittgren、Alex Wilson、Oliver Perez(L)、Dan Otero、Neil Ramírez、
Jon Edwards、Nick Goody、Adam Cimber、Tyler Olson(L)、Ben Taylor。
(D) SU：???。
(E) CL：Brad Hand(L)。
B. 野手部分：
(A) C：Roberto Pérez、Kevin Plawecki。
(B) 1B：Carlos Santana/Jake Bauers。
(C) 2B：Jason Kipnis、Ryan Flaherty、Max Moroff。
(D) 3B：José Ramírez、Moroff。
(E) SS：Francisco Lindor(INJ)、Yu Chang。
(F) RF：Tyler Naquin、Joyce、Jordan Luplow。
(G) CF：Bradley Zimmer(INJ)、Leonys Martin、Greg Allen、Kipnis 。
(H) LF：Matt Joyce、Luplow、Bauers。
(I) DH：Carlos Santana/Jake Bauers。
(7) 两位去年在球队的成绩表现：
A. Matt Joyce(今年34岁；去年在运动家队薪水：$6MM)：
G H HR RBI SO BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
83 43 7 15 53 35 .208 .322 .353 .675 87
B. Alex Wilson(今年32岁；去年在老虎队薪水：$1.925MM)：
ERA HLD SV SVO IP SO HR BB ERA+ FIP WHIP
3.36 14 0 4 61.2 43 8 15 131 4.28 1.054