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【MLB專欄/城牆】痛痛人Brock Stewart又躺!搖搖欲墜的洛杉磯道奇牛棚

【MLB專欄/城牆】痛痛人Brock Stewart又躺!搖搖欲墜的洛杉磯道奇牛棚

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MLB美國職棒大聯盟洛杉磯天使知名的「高速公路大戰」戲碼,今年由洛杉磯天使橫掃同城道奇隊,道奇也因此讓出盤踞已久的國聯西區王座,與聖地牙哥教士黃金交叉。
Brock Stewart。(資料照,Photo by Kait Devir/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
道奇的弱點之一顯而易見是牛棚的搖搖欲墜,近期的4連敗就有3場是在第8局(或更晚)被取得致勝分,這4連敗有3場是一分差「鍋貼」敗仗,在膠著狀況下,寄望能有牛棚大將壓陣、安定軍心,偏偏近期沒有這樣的人選。
8月的道奇牛棚的團隊防禦率是3.89,全大聯盟第18名,居中後段班,和最大競爭對手教士的2.94(排名第6)落差甚大,也讓道奇近來的比賽後段險象環生。
除了防禦率偏高以外,道奇牛棚群的缺點還有「挨轟率」,8月份的HR/9值高達1.73,在全大聯盟倒數第5,只比華盛頓國民、巴爾地摩金鶯、西雅圖水手和休士頓太空人好,在每一分都很關鍵的情形,如何壓低潛在的全壘打風險,是道奇需要改善的環節。
道奇在交易大限前並未進行太多補強動作,諷刺的是用James Outman向明尼蘇達雙城換來的右投手Brock Stewart只登板4場就受傷(右肩發炎),根據MRI檢查評估,初步預計要數週的時間休養,詳情尚未明朗,對道奇無疑雪上加霜,畢竟道奇季中已經陸續折損了Tanner Scott、Michael Kopech和Kirby Yates等人,甚至連火球男Brusdar Graterol都復健進度不太順利,本季回歸之路道阻且遙。
Stewart交易過後為道奇出賽4場,進帳2次中繼成功(皆無失分),另承擔了1場敗投,儘管帳面數據未到頂尖,不過已經是道奇能夠倚賴的戰力了。他今年的進階數據優異,打者不易紮實擊球,揮空率、Barrel%都是強勢水準,最大的缺點是傷病史,今年在雙城就因腿筋傷勢而趕不上開季,去年也2次因為肩膀受傷而進入傷兵名單、還動了手術治療,2023年則是肘傷影響。過往選秀就是道奇選中的他(2014年第6輪)在道奇時期也有腹斜肌、肩傷的傷史,道奇醫療團隊對他的「痛痛屬性」一定不陌生、有心理準備,然而竟來得如此迅速。
Brock Stewart。(資料照,Photo by)
道奇總教練Dave Roberts受訪表示:「Brock的缺陣是重大損失,他對我們很重要,沒有他的日子我們會很煎熬。」
出賽數排名道奇前2多的Anthony Banda、Alex Vesia兩位左投接下來的負擔可能更加吃重,不過Vesia已連3場登板都有失分,令人提心吊膽。球速飛快的23歲新秀Edgardo Henriquez則是道奇期待的救星,身為農場矚目新秀之一,去年已登上大聯盟、獲得生涯首次救援成功,今年在大聯盟的5場登板的防禦率仍是0,雖然對天使砸鍋(生涯第8場登板,首度救援失敗),但危急時刻上火線,實在非戰之罪,四縫、二縫均速都有101英里水準的他,會是這陣子後段局數的要角。此外26歲Ben Casparius的重要性亦大幅增加,他近5場登板拿下3中繼、1救援,另吞1場敗投。
在Kopech等人歸隊前,道奇牛棚人手不足的窘境還得再持續、奮鬥一段時間,且戰且走,試圖保持季後賽門票資格、維持健康度的目標達到平衡。
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