Yeah, but they're trading him because he won't move off SS--and who can blame him, he just earned a fraudulent Gold Glove--so we'd have to play him there or incur his wrath. And he's signed through age 37.
Steve O On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]>wrote: > I know but I'm thinking about a season with Lowrie/Lugo at short, and the > likelihood that one or all of Drew, Lowell, Ortiz won't get through the > season without getting hurt, and what an extra bat could do in the lineup. > He's 32 and his defense is poor. They'd probably have to give up too much to > get him. And he doesn't provide that much power. Still.... > > Hmmm.... > > > > --- On *Mon, 1/12/09, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Hmmmmm > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 12:59 PM > > > Just say no Matt. > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley < > [email protected]<http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
