He's a glove with no bat.
MLB ヤンキースがドラフト会議２巡目で，カリフォルニア州のランチョ・バーナード高校のカトウ・ゴウスケ内野手を指名し，話題になっています。
He's a glove with no bat.は読んでそのまま「守備がうまいだけで打撃がまったくふるわない選手」ということですが，直截というかあまりにもcopulaです！「僕はうどん！」という日本語の表現を思い出してしまいました。
ともかくも、カトウ選手には打撃にも秘めた力があるようです。イチローとカノーの良いとこ取りだと本人は言っているようです。（UG）
Alex Jackson is widely considered to be the top prep prospect in the country for the 2014 draft. The five-tool catcher has dominated at the PG National and the Area Code Games, so it's no surprise that a lot of scouts are heading to Rancho Bernardo High School to see him play. While they're there, though, many of them are finding out a less widely-known secret, and that's his teammate, Gosuke Katoh.
Katoh is a rarity in the 2013 draft class: An up-the-middle defensive whiz. His instincts, feet, and glove are as good as anyone in the country. His quick hands bring Jose Altuve to mind. The downside? His arm simply isn't strong enough to move to shortstop. He might be able to cross over in a pinch, but he's going to play second almost exclusively.
Don't think that he's a glove with no bat, though. He's got good bat speed with some lift, and has an extremely good approach at the plate. He keeps his hands away from his body and generates hard pull contact. It's unlikely he'll ever develop home run power, but the gap power potential is certainly there, and with his wheels, he could become a triples machine. High school statistics mean nothing - nothing - but consider that he may finish his career at Rancho Bernardo High School with better numbers than many of their elite alumni, including Hank Blalock and Cole Hamels.
Katoh's family is from Tokyo. His parents put him in Little League so he'd learn English. A natural right-handed hitter, he transitioned to the left side because his idol, Ichiro, was a lefty. Ichiro is an interesting comparison for him (though he says he took "the best parts of Ichiro and Robinson Cano and put them into [his] swing.") He's a quick-twitch guy with outstanding instincts, a very level line drive swing, and a lot of patience at the plate -- and he busts it down the line, with a 6.42 60 time (99th percentile).
