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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Saturday, December 08, 2012Dallas Morning News: Grant: Michael Young willing to accept trade to Philadelphia; details must be finalized
If the Rangers send over that $10 million, this sounds pretty good for the Phillies in theory. Young’s numbers have slipped because he can’t hit RHP anymore. Ryan Howard’s numbers have slipped because he can’t hit LHP anymore. Some sort of time-sharing agreement could potentially be arranged under which, for the price of a single overpaid first baseman, they get not only a first baseman who can hit RHP (Ryan Howard) but also a first baseman who can hit LHP (Michael Young). Crispix Attacksel Rios
Posted: December 08, 2012 at 02:16 PM | 27 comment(s)
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1. Dan Posted: December 08, 2012 at 03:27 PM (#4320031)I don't really think it's a good move for the Phillies at all. Michael Young is a terrible defensive player who hits LHP and might hit RHP a bit if he's recovered some, but even in a best case scenario he hits something like .300/.340/.450 while playing awful defense at third base. The Phillies would have done better to keep Lindblom and the $6M they're paying Young and could've done something like signing Eric Chavez to platoon with Frandsen at third base for less money and without costing them talent as well.
There's no universe where Charlie Manuel platoons Michael Young with Ryan Howard at first base. They will both be viewed as full-time players, which hurts the Phillies overall.
He was a good player in 2011 and terrible last year. I think he's a good bet to bounce back to being good enough. It's a decent one-year bet, with the Rangers eating so much of his salary.
Seems more like he just had a bad season last year. He had a .822 OPS against RHP from 2009-2011, which is above his career .775 mark.
Wow, bWAR really hates his defense, has always hated his defense.
To my eyes, his defense looks godawful terrible. I don't watch as many Rangers games as Spivey, but I probably saw them ~30 times last season total and whenever I see Young in the field he looks terrible, even at first base.
DRS has him at -35 runs in just 358 career games at third base. UZR is a tick better but still an awful -19.8, which is still ~-10/150g.
Michael Young has accepted a trade to the Philadelphia Phillies, who will ship right-handed reliever Josh Lindblom and minor league righty Lisalverto Bonilla to the Rangers to complete the deal, according to a source.
The deal gives Young an opportunity to play more and it gives the Rangers another bullpen candidate.
Young had a no-trade clause and needed to waive it to get the deal done.
A source said Thursday that the Rangers were going to have to pay at least half of Young's $16 million 2013 salary to complete the deal. Young will receive $1.2 million in "benefits" in exchange for waiving his no-trade clause, a source confirmed to ESPN.com's Jayson Stark.
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I didn't think I'd say this 2 months ago, but irrational hate doesn't stick around that long - I'd like to see the Rangers sign Hamilton for something like a 4/95 or 5/110 deal. Cruz's defense really sucked last year, and moving him to DH would be nice.
No! It can't be!
If Michael Young is going to be the new 3B, why is incumbent 3B Kevin Frandsen so excited?
if what i saw from lindblom is an indication of what he'll do this year, he is not someone that you want anywhere near a high-leverage situation. between the walks and the flyball tendencies, he's a 3-run HR waiting to happen.
I don't really agree, but it sure seems like Charlie Manuel might.
And I am happy that things open up a little for the Rangers' prospects. I reckon they were fixing to open up whether Young was traded or not, but Young wouldn't have been contributing much from the bench waiting to get pinch hits every fourth or fifth time they sent him up. The move provides the versatility they only thought they were getting from Young (see #16).
Sounds about right to me. Young was durable and you could never fault his effort; I have fond memories of most of his Texas career. But this was the right move for Texas and I'm glad to see him moving on.
I just want to let it be known that I will also waive my no-trade clause in exchange for $1.2 M. Unless I'm being traded to Cleveland.
The last time the Phillies acquired a good-hit/no field 3B he played at a below-replacement level on their next World Series winner?
I heard that it was for the income tax differential, but since PA's income tax is 3.07%, that's not true.
The best I can say about this from the Phils perspective:
1. It could work out
2. If YoungV2012 is his new talent level, he's not that far off Kevin Fransden.
Yes, it is. There's no income tax in Texas AND there's a 3.5% tax on non-residents in Philly.
31-year-old Kevin Frandsen with < 900 career PA's? No thank you.
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