Michael Young is scheduled to arrive at the Rangers' Spring Training camp tomorrow, where he is expected to address the media in regards to his trade request. MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan writes that the Rangers "are still talking to other teams about a trade, although nothing is imminent." As we heard on Wednesday, talks with the Angels, Rockies and Diamondbacks all seem to be stagnant at this point.
Here are today's Young-related items, with the most recent updates on top…
- The Marlins have "no interest" in Young, tweets MLB.com's Joe Frisaro. We heard earlier today that an even longer-shot Young trade partner, the Royals, were also not interested.
- Young's friend Vernon Wells isn't pleased with how the Rangers went public with Young's trade demand, reports Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com. Wells praised Toronto GM Alex Anthopoulos for working out Wells' deal to the Angels without any media attention until the move was announced. "I dealt with it in-house, which was the right way to do things. [Young is] having to deal with it, unfortunately, publicly," Wells said. "It creates all kinds of problems. It's been handled poorly on their end, I'll say that." This is just total speculation on my part, but you wonder if Wells would consider restructuring his contract to free up some money for the Halos to acquire Young. It's a longshot, but Wells might be willing in order to both upgrade the Angels and to once again play alongside his long-time friend.
That would be the greatest thing thats ever happened to me…seriously.
Just trade him for SP & eat the salary for godsake. We all know they need a #1 or a better #2. Can you imagine them paying him “X” amount to be a super-utility player. Seriously!
though i hate vernon the player (or rather, vernon the contract), vernon the person is a heckuva nice guy
Me too, I used to do some work for his neighbours in Mississauga, super nice guy. These quotes are bizarre though. When he says “I dealt with it in house” and the fact that he’s complimenting AA for keeping it hush makes me wonder, did he do some of his own reconnaissance? Their are obviously go-betweens that get these things rolling, and certainly a player could use them to orchestrate his own departure.
Say Vernon says to Torii Hunter at a charity golf event a weekend after the Angels miss on Crawford, “man I’d sure love spending time on the DL rehabbing in Anaheim.”
and Torii thinks, “man, my team plays in Anaheim, I wonder if Vern knows.”
and the wheels start turning.
Like anyone actually gives a damn what Vernon Wells thinks on the matter.