[外電] 七個值得關注的小聯盟潛力股(下)
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Marten Gasparini, SS
Prospect ranking: No. 8 in Royals system
Current team: Lexington Legents, Class A
Unlike most kids growing up in Italy, Gasparini wasn't interested in pursuing
a career on the soccer pitch. After watching highlights from the 1999 and 2001
World Series featuring Derek Jeter, Gasparini joined a youth league at age 10,
and moved to the Italian Baseball Academy at age 14. He soon developed into a
promising shortstop prospect and signed with the Royals in 2013 for $1.3
million -- the largest bonus ever given to a European-born player, topping Max
Kepler's previous record of $800,000. Gasparini's first two years of Minor
League ball have been shortened by injury, but he hit .314/.404/.500 over the
second half of the 2015 Pioneer League season.
不像其他在義大利長大的小孩，Gasparini對成為足球職業選手沒甚麼興趣。在看完了
Derek Jeter從1999到2001年的世界大賽集錦後，Gasparini在10歲時加入了少棒聯盟，並
在14歲時進入義大利棒球學院。他很快地成為了一個不錯的游擊手，並與皇家隊簽下了
130萬美金的合約 -- 歐洲選手所拿到最高的簽約金，超越了Max Kepler的80萬美金。
Gasparini在小聯盟的前兩年因傷所苦，但2015年的下半季在新秀聯盟交出了.314/.404/
.500的成績。
Anthony Alford, OF
Prospect ranking: No.1 in Blue Jays system, No.40 in Top 100
Current team: Dunedin Blue Jays, Class A Advanced
Originally projected as a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft, Alford slipped
to Toronto in Round 3 because of a commitment to continuing his football
career in college. He played quarterback for Southern Miss as a freshman, and
then transferred to Ole Miss, where he played safety. After committing to
baseball full-time in the summer of 2014, Alford traveled Down Under to make
up for lost at-bats in the Australian Winter League. His long-anticipated
full-season debut in 2015 was worth the wait: the dynamic outfielder -- still
only 20-years-old at the start of the season -- hit .298/.398/.421 with 27
steals across both levels of A-ball, baulting himself to the top of Toronto's
Top 30. Alford is back at Class A Advanced Dunedin to start 2016.
原先看好在第一輪被選走的Alford，最後因為想要繼續打他的大學美式足球而在第三輪被
多倫多選走。他在大一時是南密西西比大學的四分衛，接著轉到了密西西比州大，並在那
打得十分安全。2014年的夏天開始專心打棒球之後，Alford來到了澳洲冬季聯盟嘗試補足
失去的打數。他備受期待的完整球季在2015年實現了，而且不負所望：這位季初剛滿20歲
且充滿活力的外野手，在低階與高階1A交出了.298/.398/.421的打擊三圍附帶27次盜壘，
一躍成為多倫多前30名中的第一名。Alford在2016年從高階1A出發。
Kaleb Cowart, 3B
Prospect ranking: No.5 in Angels system
Current team: Salt Lake Bees, Triple-A
Cowart won Gatorade High School Player of the Year in 2010, was selected 18th
overall that June by the Angels and was right on pace for top prospect status
after slashing .276/.358/.452 across 135 Class A games in 2012. But the
switch-hitting third baseman's career short-circuited at Double-A each of the
next two seasons, and he found himself back in A-ball at the start of 2015. A
string of injuries to other Angels prospects prompted a promotion to Triple-A
level, and after some mechanical tune-ups, Cowart started mashing again to the
tune of .323/.395/.491 in 62 games Lake before earning a cup of coffee with
the big league club in August. Still just 23 years old, Cowart has begun 2016
back in Triple-A.
Cowart在2010年贏得了開特力最佳高中選手，在該年六月以第18順位被天使選走，並在
2012年1A的135場比賽中以.276/.358/.452的打擊成績確立了頂尖潛力選手的地位。但這
位左右開弓的三壘手在2A的接下來兩季像是中邪一般，2015年又回到了1A賽場。天使隊農
場的其他潛力選手相繼受傷，讓他得到了升到3A的機會，而經過一些技術調校後，Cowart
開始大爆發，在62場比賽中留下了.323/.395/.491的打擊三圍，並在8月時獲得了球團的
注意。才23歲的他，今年也是從3A出發。
Willie Calhoun, 2B
Prospect ranking: No.16 in Dodgers system
Current team: Tulsa Drillers, Double-A
The 5-foot-8 Calhoun posted otherworldly numbers at Yavapai Junior College,
hitting .432/.520/.952 with a nation-leading 31 home runs in just 63 games,
including a nine-game homer streak. Calhoun signed quickly after the Dodgers
snagged him in the fourth round of last June's Draft and mashed his way to a
.316/.390/.519 line with 11 HR across three levels, concluding at Class A
Advanced. We've seen shorter players like Jose Altuve and Mookie Betts ascend
to MVP-level Major League performers in recent years, but calhoun represents a
different type of diminutive dominance: the kind that includes lots and lots
of dingers. He even hit one this Spring Training with the big league club.
5呎8吋的Calhoun在Yavapai短期大學留下了神一般的成績，在短短的63場比賽中打出了
.432/.520/.952的成績，以31支全壘打領先全美，更留下連續九場全壘打的紀錄。
Calhoun很快地在去年六月被道奇隊在第四輪簽走，並以.316/.390/.519、11支全壘打的
成績一路打上了高階1A。近幾年我們曾經見過更矮的選手像是Jose Altuve和Mookie
Betts成為大聯盟的頂尖選手，但Calhoun代表著不同類型的小霸主：很多、很多全壘打的
那型。他甚至在春訓時從大聯盟的投手手中敲出了一支。
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