Just say no Matt. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected] > wrote:
> That's all I'll say. Hmmmmm...... > > Young angered by changing position > Associated Press > The Texas Rangers <http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=tex> are > exploring trade options for five-time All-Star shortstop Michael > Young<http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=4566>at the > player's request after he became upset about the team's plan to move > him to third base. > Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said Sunday night during a hastily > called conference call that the team has looked into trade possibilities but > remains hopeful Young will remain in Texas. > "Our desire is for Michael to play third base," Daniels said. "Obviously > though, he's got to buy into what we're doing." > The Rangers would like to move Young to third to make room for highly > touted prospect Elvis Andrus at shortstop. The 20-year-old Andrus came to > Texas in July 2007 in the trade that sent Mark > Teixeira<http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=4937>to > Atlanta. > Daniels said he and manager Ron Washington met with the 32-year-old Young > last month about the direction of the team and moving to third base. > "Reluctant, reluctant," Daniels said, describing Young's reaction. "He > explained to us that he's worked extremely hard to make himself a shortstop. > Obviously in 2004, he volunteered to move from second base to shortstop. > That kind of shows the team-first character that has been a stable of his > personality and really has made himself an outstanding player." > Daniels said he hasn't spoken to Young since before New Year's Day, but has > had conversations with the player's agent. > Young switched from second base to shortstop in the spring of 2004 after > the Rangers traded Alex > Rodriguez<http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3115>to the > New > York Yankees <http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=nyy>. Rodriguez > moved from shortstop to third to accommodate that trade. > Young has been selected to the All-Star team as a shortstop every season > since, and last year earned his first AL Gold Glove award. > He is a career .300 hitter, though his streak of five consecutive 200-hit > seasons was snapped in 2008 when he was hampered by a fractured right ring > finger the last two months of the season. He was the AL batting champion in > 2005 when he hit .331. > Young next season begins the five-year, $80 million contract extension he > signed during spring training in 2007 that prevented him from becoming a > free agent. Young is due about $62 million over the next five seasons since > some of the money was paid as a signing bonus and more is deferred. > That contract was second-largest in team history, behind only the $252 > million, 10-year contract Rodriguez got in December 2000. > Young, a minor leaguer when traded from Toronto to Texas in 2000, is the > Rangers' longest-tenured player. He played in two games that season and then > 106 as a rookie in 2001. > *Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press* > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
