2010s 十大交易案第五集，翻译Mike Petriello的外电。
来源：https://www.mlb.com/news/the-10-biggest-mlb-trades-of-the-2010s
5) The Cubs solidify their curse-breaking team
July 25, 2016: Yankees trade P Aroldis Chapman to Cubs for IF Gleyber Torres,
P Adam Warren, OF Billy McKinney and OF Rashad Crawford
What even?
It's not terribly often that the Yankees find themselves being on
the "selling" side of these things, yet that's what was happening in the
summer of 2016. Five days later, they'd send Andrew Miller to Cleveland,
shaping a 2016 World Series that they wouldn't actually participate in. The
Cubs were 20 games over .500 at this point and were well on their way to the
postseason, but they didn't want to rely on Héctor Rondón and Pedro Strop
in October.
Baseball factors aside, this one had the additional angle of Chapman having
been suspended for the first 30 games of the season for being the first
player to violate baseball's new domestic violence policy, making his
acquisition considerably and understandably unpopular with a broad swath of
Cubs fans.
5. Aroldis Chapman 交易案
小熊拿到：Aroldis Chapman
洋基拿到：Gleyber Torres、Adam Warren、Billy Mckinney、Rashad Crawford
(1) 交易当时背景
摊开洋基的历史来看，他们很少在季中的交易市场中担任卖家，但在2016年洋基
高层认为以当时的阵容实力，没办法在竞争激烈的美联东区讨到什么便宜。所以洋基随后
就卖掉了阵中两大救援王牌Aroldis Chapman跟Andrew Miller，竟然间接促成了当年世界
大赛决战组合。小熊在当年7/25号时有59-39的优异战绩，领先分区第二的红雀七场胜差，
晋级季后赛看起来是势在必行。但是小熊的牛棚深度不足，只有Rondon跟Strop有稳定的表
现。交易来顶尖后援Chapman无疑为球队打了一记强心针。
可是，Chapman在2016季初因为家暴被联盟禁赛30场，成为第一个违反MLB新板家
暴防治条例的球员。这件丑闻让许多芝加哥媒体和球迷不欢迎这位火球男的到来。
Were the takes good or bad?
Complicated. The prospect cost was high for a rental reliever, but it was
impossible to talk about this one without discussing the off-the-field
implications. "Cubs pay a heavy price for Aroldis Chapman, on and off the
field," wrote ESPN, accurately summing up the conversation.
(2) 交易当时评价
很难以一句话断定，以一个半季控制权的救援投手来说，小熊付出的成本很高，
而且不能忽略Chapman家暴丑闻对球队形象带来的伤害。ESPN当时的头条写道：“为了
Aroldis Chapman，小熊在场上与场下都付出了高昂的代价。”，对这个交易下了最完美
的注解。
And then what happened?
Chapman was fantastic down the stretch for the Cubs,
not that it really mattered that much for a team that won the NL Central by
17 1/2 games. He threw 15 2/3 postseason innings, contributing 2 2/3 vital
scoreless innings to save World Series Game 5, but he also allowed runs in
both Gamed 6 and 7, including Rajai Davis' game-tying homer in the eighth
inning of the final game. It's impossible to know if they'd have won or not
without him, but the flag flies over Wrigley Field forever. After the season,
he'd return to the Yankees, where he's whiffed 247 in 158 2/3 innings since.
Warren kicked in 117 2/3 solid innings through 2018. McKinney helped return
J.A. Happ from Toronto.
Torres, meanwhile, has immediately become the star he was projected to be.
He's made the AL All-Star team twice in two seasons, smashing 62 homers with
a 125 OPS+, and he'll only be 23 next year.
(3) 交易后续影响
Chapman的投球表现真的太棒了。或许你可以说没有Chapman的小熊还是可以赢得
分区冠军，但是如果没有他季后赛合计15.2局的投球，山羊魔咒很有可能还没被打破。小
熊在世界大赛前四战中只赢得一胜，第五战的领先也岌岌可危之中。Chapman在G5主投2.2
局无失分的表现宛如及时雨，挽救了陷入绝境的小熊，将战局延长到克里夫兰。Chapman在
G6-G7的表现并不好，连续两场都有失分，包括Rajai Davis在第七战的追平两分砲。但是
Chapman还是小熊能一路过关斩将的重要功臣，瑞格里球场的冠军旗帜将永远存在小熊球迷
心中。
另一方面，Torres在2018-2019年都入选明星赛，两年合计出赛267场就打出62支
全垒打与125 OPS+的优秀成绩，23岁的他将会是联盟的下一代明星。
Would each team do it again?
Yes. The Cubs would have done just about anything to break the curse. The
Yankees got back a star in Torres, plus Warren and McKinney (via trade) were
nice pickups, too.
(4) 如果可以回到过去，交易双方会反悔吗？
小熊不管要付出多大的代价，就是要摆脱Murphy山羊的纠缠，他们当然不会后悔
；洋基拿到了年轻新星Torres、表现不错的后援Warren，McKinney也在2018年JA Happ交易
包裹中，洋基在这笔交易上展现的操作令人赞赏。
To be continued....
给TRosenthal大：下一集就是你期待的Archer交易案了，其实我更期待Shelby Miller的抢
劫案（对蛇迷板友很抱歉）