who has gone to the all-star game 3-4 years in a row, while also being the leader for your team to move to 3rd so a prospect can come up and make 45-50 errors in his rookie season?
I think it has much to do with two factors…
One, Tom Hicks wants to keep payroll down and Young’s big contract is kicking in.
Two, the front-office has done a poor job this off-season of brining in new talent and this is way to bring about more excitement for the season without investing any money.
My question is, what do you think about the prospect of the Rangers trading Michael Young? Good or Bad?
The situation was poorly handled by the Rangers and Youngs reaction didn’t help matters. I don’t know if Young’s salary was a factor or not. I think they want to keep him around. I think it had more to do with believing Andrus is the shortstop of the future, has better range and will be capable of making the spectacular play. If they plan to move Davis to 1B and Blalock to DH, they needed a third baseman. They would like to see Andrus in there this season, hoping that things fall into place to contend in 2010.
I don’t think Yound will be traded, it will be interesting to see how things pan out.
I think a better solution is to move Young back to 2B, if Andrus is ready to move in, then move Kinsler to 3b or LF. An Andrus/Kinsler dp combo would rack up the Es. Having Young at 2b would only help Elvis.
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