Yankees sign Molina, DFA Phillips

Yankees sign Molina, DFA Phillips

This press release just came from the Yankees:

The New York Yankees announced today they have signed catcher Jose Molina to a two-year contract. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Yankees designated infielder Andy Phillips for assignment.

洋基今天宣布簽下捕手Jose Molina兩年的合約，為了空出40人名單，DFA了Andy Phillips。

Molina, 32, was acquired by the Yankees on July 21, 2007, from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in exchange for RHP Jeff Kennard. He hit a combined .257 (49-for-191) with 18R, 13 doubles, 1 HR and 19 RBI in 69 games (53 starts at catcher) with the Angels and Yankees in 2007, throwing out 27.0 percent of attempted base stealers (12-of-43).

32歲的摸你那，是今年7月21號洋基與天使隊交換右投手Jeff Kennard而得到的。他本季的打擊表現：2成57的打擊率（191個打數49隻安打），其中13支二壘打，1支全壘打以及19分打點，在2007年，總共替洋基與天使出賽了69場比賽（有59場擔任先發捕手），盜壘阻殺率為2成7。

In 29 games with the Yankees, Molina batted .318 (21-for-66) with 5 doubles, 1 HR and 9 RBI, hitting safely in 12 of his 16 starts with five multi-hit games. Included was a .355 mark in the month of September (11-for-31), his highest monthly average since July 2002 (.360) with the Angels. He also batted .444 (8-for-18) with runners in scoring position after joining the Yankees.

替洋基出賽的29場比賽當中，他繳出了3成18的打擊率，其中包含5支二壘打，1支全壘打和9分打點，在他16場先發的比賽當中，12場有穩定的打擊表現，當中更有5場比賽單場敲出兩支以上的安打。9月份他更創下了自從2002年6月在天使隊之後，個人單月最高的平均打擊率（3成55）。在洋基隊他也繳出了4成44的得點圈打擊率。

The Puerto Rico native has appeared in 402 career games over parts or all of eight Major League seasons with the Chicago Cubs, Angels and Yankees. He owns a .243 career batting average (253-for-1,043) with 55 doubles, 16 HR and 107 RBI and has thrown out 37.9 percent of attempted base stealers in his career (91-of-240).

這位波多黎各人，8年的大聯盟生涯（待過小熊，天使以及洋基），總共出賽了402場比賽。他生涯的打擊表現：2成43的平均打擊率，55支二壘打，16支全壘打以及107分打點，另外還有3成79的盜壘阻殺率。

Molina was originally selected by the Cubs in the 14th round of the 1993 First-Year Player Draft. He is one of three Molina brothers currently playing in the Majors (Bengie – San Francisco and Yadier - St. Louis).

摸你那原本是小熊隊在1993年First-Year Player選秀第14輪所選到的球員。他也是大聯盟現役的摸你那三兄弟其中之一（Bengie在教士隊摸，Yadier在紅雀隊摸）

Phillips, 30, batted .292 (54-for-185) with 2HR and 25RBI in 61 games with the Yankees in 2007 after joining the club from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on June 19. He was originally selected by the Yankees in the seventh round of the 1999 First-Year Player Draft.

30歲的電火球，自2007年6月19號從Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre升上洋基以來，替洋基出賽了61場比賽，繳出了2成92的打擊率，2支全壘打外加25分打點。他是洋基隊在1999 First-Year Player選秀中，第7輪選到的球員。　

News source：http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/12/03/yankees-sign-molina-dfa-phillips/

Yankees簽下了摸你那（Jose Molina），對於一個二號捕手來說，我覺得他已經算是蠻足夠了，而且他的守備能力又好，我想Yankees並不缺乏他的火力支援，只要他能夠適時的補上這個位置，讓Posada喘口氣，那麼他的任務也就算是達成了。

至於Phillips，嗯，DFA我想是可以預期的，畢竟Yankees在內野手的部份實在已經是太多人了，雖然上個球季Phillips表現不錯，但是相較於大吉（Jason Giambi）的火力還是有一段差距，況且大吉的年薪這麼高，Yankees也不可能把他擺著不用。再加上，如果內野工具人Wilson Betemit明年也繼續留在Yankees，1B可能就會交給他和大吉兩個人輪流防守，而DH的部份就讓Matsui跟大吉兩個人輪替，當然，前提是外野要有人可以頂替Matsui所留下來的空缺（如果Melky沒有被交易走的話）。不過，也不排除Yankees打算再簽一個1B回來。至於結果會如何，就看看後續的發展吧。最後也希望Phillips能夠趕快找到新東家，也有好的表現。