[外電] 紅襪將Xander Bogaerts賣掉的可能性

https://www.mlb.com/news/xander-bogaerts-potential-trade-candidate-red-sox

After the Red Sox traded away superstar Mookie Betts this past offseason, is
it possible the team with the worst record in the American League entering
play Tuesday could part with yet another World Series-winning face of the
franchise -- and soon?

美聯戰績最爛的紅襪，有可能繼續賣掉18年世界冠軍功臣的臉嗎?

Enter Xander Bogaerts. At 27 years old, the shortstop is smack in the middle
of his prime and coming off a top-five finish in AL MVP voting in 2019 after
hitting .309/.384/.555 with career highs in homers (33), RBIs (117) and OPS
(.939).

27歲的Bogaerts，去年.309/.384/.555，生涯新高33轟/117RBI/OPS.939，拿下ALMVP-5

What's more, Bogaerts signed a long-term deal in April 2019 that can keep himin Boston through 2025.

去年4月，他和紅襪達成可以待到2025的延長合約

Why, then, might the Red Sox consider trading him at all? The possibility
comes down to timing, as MLB Network insider Ken Rosenthal wrote in a story
for The Athletic (subscription required).

為何紅襪會考慮賣他?Rosenthal在The Athletic寫了一篇文表示意見

Bogaerts' six-year, $120 million extension -- which pays him $20 million a
year from 2020-25 with an option for '26 at the same amount -- comes with an
interesting and timely caveat: full no-trade protection once he reaches sevenyears of service time.

Bogearts的6年120M合約中有一項，當他年資來到7年，會獲得完整NTC

The date for Bogaerts to accrue seven full seasons? Sept. 6.

Bogearts到達7年的那一天? 今年9月6日

In other words, if the Red Sox ever are going to take advantage of trading
Bogaerts on their terms -- that is, without his approval needed -- they have
to do it during this Trade Deadline window.

換言之，如果襪襪想自由交易，他們必須在這之前動手

After the Aug. 31 Trade Deadline this year, Bogaerts gains essentially all ofthe leverage in the decision-making. In addition to the ability to veto a
trade, he also will have the chance to opt out after 2022, per his contract,
at which point he'll be entering his 30-age season.

在831之後，Bogearts會獲得否決權，而他可以在2022後宣布跳脫

That's an option Bogaerts "very well might pursue," Rosenthal wrote,
"considering that 2021-22 free agents Francisco Lindor, Carlos Correa, Corey
Seager, Javier Báez and Trevor Story already would have reset the market for
shortstops."

Rosenthal表示他很可能會跳出，到時候Lindor,Correa,Seager,Baez,Story已經重置SS市場

At the time of Bogaerts' agreement with Boston, circumstances surrounding theRed Sox were entirely different than what they are now. They were riding
high, fresh off a club-record 108-win regular season under beloved first-yearskipper Alex Cora and their fourth championship in 15 seasons.

Bogearts當初談約的時空環境已經完全不同，不是那個Cora帶領的108勝隊伍

In the 16 months since the Bogaerts extension, however, so much has gone
south for the Sox.

這16個月中發生了很多事

First came Chris Sale's ongoing arm problems in the middle of last season,
which eventually led to the ace left-hander undergoing Tommy John surgery
this past March that could keep him out well into next season.

Sale在去年手臂就開始痛，今年最終仍然走向TJ

Then the ownership changed course at the executive level, parting ways last
September with president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski and hiring
Chaim Bloom as the club's chief baseball officer a month later.

管理階層的變化，Dombrowski被炒，Bloom上任

That, in turn, led to arguably the most divisive and disheartening
development of all for Red Sox Nation -- trading Betts, along with southpaw
David Price, to the Dodgers in February in a three-team blockbuster that
netted Boston a package of young players.

接下來還有，交易Betts和Price的重磅交易

And don't forget about Cora being dismissed in January as part of the falloutfor his role as bench coach in the Astros' sign-stealing scheme, and the Red
Sox franchise being embroiled in its own sign-stealing investigation for muchof last offseason.

也別忘了，Cora因為參與打鼓事件被開除，紅襪自己也被捲入暗號竊取案件

To varying degrees, all of the above has contributed to the Red Sox's 6-17
start this season -- and the possibility of another in-his-prime star player
becoming a trade chip.

以上一切導致了紅襪目前6-17的戰績，也讓這名巔峰球星可能成為交易籌碼

好像連Rumor都不算

不過紅襪目前大概是最傾向賣家的隊伍之一

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