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Saturday, December 11, 2004

Padres - Signed Young

San Diego Padres - Signed 2B-OF Eric Young to a 1-year contract.

This one is worth a million even. Not a bad signing - nobody’s going to use Eric Young as a start anymore and he’s a suitable role player and proved to be a very good part-time for the Rangers last year, even filling in several times at short, which he had never played at the major league level. I’d rather scrimp a little more on role players, but this is fine, especially in light of some of the other signings going around this winter.

Young, Eric - 2005 ZiPS Projection (38)
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AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG
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426 55 108 21 2 5 36 47 36 23 .254 .333 .347

Dan Szymborski Posted: December 11, 2004 at 01:48 AM | 12 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Didi Dodo Doodoo (1k5v3L)

Posted: December 11, 2004 at 02:23 AM (#1011990)

The moment my second baseman in my NL only league (Marcus Giles) gets traded to the AL, I'm throwing all my cash on Young. His production will more than make up for the loss of Giles.

2. The Answer to the TWolves (GMoney) Posted: December 11, 2004 at 02:24 AM (#1011994)

Is EY going to play much? Loretta, Greene, Burroughs, Blum all there too. Not sure if they plan on using him in the OF much.

3. Harold Posted: December 11, 2004 at 02:29 AM (#1011999)

The signings of Blum and Young spell the end of Ramon Vazquez's tenure in San Diego. Too bad.

Damian Jackson also has a spring-traning invite.

4. The Answer to the TWolves (GMoney) Posted: December 11, 2004 at 02:32 AM (#1012002)

I have been wanting the Twins to pickup Vazquez for the last couple years after he fell out of favor in San Diego, he could be a cheap source of some OBP.

5. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: December 11, 2004 at 02:56 AM (#1012038)

Eric Young, a rich man's Tony Womack. But a poorer man than Tony Womack.

6. Hendry's Wad of Cash (UCCF) Posted: December 11, 2004 at 03:02 AM (#1012046)

So who would you rather have for 1 yr, $1M:

EY or Neifi?

7. Dr. Vaux Posted: December 11, 2004 at 03:07 AM (#1012057)

But doesn't Neifi have those pictures of Dusty ####ing a billy-goat?

8. Don Guillote (The Cheat) Posted: December 11, 2004 at 03:47 AM (#1012130)

As a White Sox fan I'm pained by this signing... If I had a million dollars I would pay all of EY's salary to platoon with Willie Harris at second.

.294/.383/.436 -- vs. lefties the last three years looks like Babe Ruth compared to Willie Harris' career line of .186/.234/.233 against lefties.

9. danup Posted: December 11, 2004 at 06:53 AM (#1012388)

Well, there's another guy to put on the "I thought he'd retired" list.

10. Chris Dial Posted: December 11, 2004 at 07:13 AM (#1012419)

Young is fine at this rate. He can play the whole IF and play some of it well.

11. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong Posted: December 11, 2004 at 10:07 AM (#1012735)

I don't see him playing much at all with Loretta and Burroughs around. Does this mean Burroughs is on the block? He does appear to have played 8 games at SS last year, but I can't see him being an adequate defender there.

12. haven Posted: December 11, 2004 at 03:58 PM (#1012912)

Could the Padres be planning on using Young in CF?

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