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D'Backs Sign Chris Young To Extension
TUESDAY: Young gets about $28MM over five years (2009-13). 2013 would've been his first year of free agent eligibility. There's also a club option for 2014.
MONDAY, 2:22pm: Steve Gilbert says the six-year agreement has been reached and will be announced tomorrow. ESPN says it's a five-year deal.
8:17am: According to Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic, the Diamondbacks "appear to be closing in on a long-term contract" with 24 year-old center fielder Chris Young. It may be similar to but less than Troy Tulowitzki's six-year, $30MM deal. Young has five seasons left under team control, including this one. Certainly Kenny Williams wishes he'd sent Brian Anderson to Arizona for Javier Vazquez instead, but the deal has still benefitted both clubs.
The only knock on Young in his near 30/30 rookie season was his .295 OBP. It seems that he will improve on that this year, perhaps drawing 70 walks and hopefully raising his batting average.
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The D-backs didn't want Anderson to begin with.
www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/a-closer-look-at-chris-young
"The White Sox were relatively deep in outfield prospects after the 2005 season. Young played with Brian Anderson, Ryan Sweeney, and Jerry Owens during his minor league career, and all four outfielders were close to being ready for the big leagues. When the White Sox looked to trade for Javier Vazquez, the Diamondbacks asked for Young."
Never let the facts get in the way of another Kenny Williams shot.
Posted by: iamjacksforkball | April 07, 2008 at 08:36 AM
Tim did not take a Kenny Williams shot. He was just stating that KW would have much rather let anderson go than young in retrospect, because at the time both were still prospects with some nice upside potential.
Never let your misjudgement of context result in your making incorrect assumptions.
Posted by: bravesbeast | April 07, 2008 at 09:12 AM
http://www.southsidesox.com/story/2007/10/7/142159/287
Posted by: Tim Dierkes | April 07, 2008 at 09:28 AM
Yes, Young's BA and OBP are the down sides to his game right now. Not sure I'd back up the Brink's truck quite yet - but he is a heckuva player - better than Rickey Henderson type power out of the lead-off spot.
Posted by: dbacksbuzz | April 07, 2008 at 09:40 AM
A Phil Rodgers source? C'mon now. You'll get better accuracy flipping a coin.
cubune.com/2007_10_01_cubune_archive.html
"Did Phil Rogers Fabricate Chris Young Story?"
"On Oct. 6, ESPN 1000's Bruce Levine interviewed Mike Rizzo, the assistant GM of the Washington Nationals, who served as the scouting director for the D-backs when they built the current team. Levine asked Rizzo directly about the report that Anderson was the first player Arizona asked about, only to be diverted to Chris Young. He said Young had been on their board for some time and he was the key to the deal. Absolutely no mention that Anderson was a component of the deal whatsoever."
Posted by: iamjacksforkball | April 07, 2008 at 10:45 AM
it doesnt really matter who asked for what first. it was still a bad trade for the sox and williams is still a bad GM.
Posted by: John Difford | April 07, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Pitching > Hitting
Vazquez won 15 games for the Whitesox last year. Young batted .237. How can you even compare?
To me Young is the next Reggie Sanders. Good but not awesome.
Posted by: striker | April 07, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Please Tim, you discredit yourself by posting any "inside source" stories Phil Rogers has to back up an argument. You should no better after all the Brian Roberts crap this offseason. Rogers had Roberts "all but a done deal to the cubs" at least 3 times this offseason. Turns out he wasnt even close. He posted crap then and crap now. I know this is mlbtraderumors, but jeez. You wont find a bigger baseball hack in Chicago tahn Phil Rogers. I'll take Levine over Rogers anyday.
Posted by: forlife61 | April 07, 2008 at 12:59 PM
I think you have got to give credit to KW for brining in Carlos Quentin. Besides not being able to catch that fly ball yesterday he's going to be an amazing pickup as long as he stays healthy.
Posted by: BaseBallz | April 07, 2008 at 01:35 PM
A blog with an obvious axe to grind against the Tribune is no better than Phil Rogers, especially quoting something they heard on the radio. The fact is that only a handful of people know for sure whether Williams could've made that deal using Anderson over Young. And you and I aren't among those people.
You're calling your take on it "the facts" and implying a false history of me taking shots at KW, which is silly.
Posted by: Tim Dierkes | April 07, 2008 at 01:57 PM
"It seems that he will improve on that this year, perhaps drawing 70 walks and hopefully raising his batting average." Based on what? The way you state it, you sound almost sure of it. All I know is any player with an OBP of .295 is not a valuabel offensive player.
Posted by: rememberthecoop | April 07, 2008 at 10:11 PM
... you mean to say not valuable unless he plays CF and pounds out 64 extrabase hits. Geez, you'd think 30 HR CFs grew on trees or something
Posted by: wihargo | April 08, 2008 at 01:09 PM