Baseball Players Join Professional Teams

棒球選手加入職業球隊

Jul 13, 2026, 22:42
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Introduction

Major League Baseball had a big draft. 613 players joined professional teams.

大聯盟舉行了一次大規模的選秀，共有 613 名選手加入職業球隊。

Main Body

Many players from the University of Kentucky left. Tyler Bell is the best player. Colorado picked him 10th. Other players from Kentucky also joined teams in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Detroit, Minnesota, Cincinnati, and Atlanta.

許多肯塔基大學的選手離開了。Tyler Bell 是表現最出色的選手，科羅拉多隊在第 10 順位選中了他。其他來自肯塔基的選手也加入了費城、巴爾的摩、底特律、明尼蘇達、辛辛那提和亞特蘭大的球隊。

Some players will sign contracts. Tyler Bell and three other players will probably play professional baseball. One player, Matt Ponatoski, will probably go back to school.

部分選手將簽署合約。Tyler Bell 和另外三名選手很可能會打職業棒球。而一名選手 Matt Ponatoski 則可能會回到學校就讀。

The San Francisco Giants picked Mikey Bell from Gonzaga University. He is a very good player. He hit the ball well in 107 games. This is good for Gonzaga. A player from this school joined the draft every year since 1999.

三藩市巨人隊選中了貢扎加大學的 Mikey Bell。他是一名非常優秀的選手，在 107 場比賽中擊球表現優異。這對貢扎加大學來說是一件好事，因為自 1999 年起，該校每年都有選手參加選秀。

Conclusion

Kentucky lost many players. Mikey Bell must now decide to play professional baseball or go to a different school.

肯塔基大學失去了許多選手。Mikey Bell 現在必須決定要打職業棒球還是轉學到其他學校。

Vocabulary Learning

🔮 Predicting the Future

In the text, we see the word will. We use this to talk about things that happen later.

The Pattern: Person/Thing →\rightarrow will →\rightarrow Action

Examples from the story:

  • Players →\rightarrow will →\rightarrow sign contracts.
  • Tyler Bell →\rightarrow will →\rightarrow play professional baseball.

🧩 The "Probably" Modifier

Sometimes we are not 100% sure. We put probably after will to show a guess.

  • Wrong: Probably will play ✓\checkmark (Common in speaking, but follow this order for A2)
  • Right: will probably play ✓\checkmark

Comparison:

  1. He will play. (Certainty →\rightarrow 100%)
  2. He will probably play. (Guess →\rightarrow 70%)

📍 Where are they?

Notice how the text lists cities. When we talk about cities or states, we use in:

  • in Philadelphia
  • in Baltimore
  • in Atlanta

Quick Tip: Always use a capital letter for the city name!

Vocabulary Learning

draft (n.)
A process where professional sports teams choose new players.
Example:The team picked a great pitcher during the draft.
professional (adj.)
Doing a job as a way to earn money, not as a hobby.
Example:She is a professional tennis player.
contract (n.)
A legal official agreement between two people or groups.
Example:The player signed a contract for three years.
probably (adv.)
Used to say that something is likely to happen.
Example:It will probably rain tomorrow.
decide (v.)
To make a choice about something.
Example:I cannot decide which dress to wear.
Practice A2 words in a crossword→