Chris Young Rumors

Heyman's Latest: Manny, Holliday, Peavy

SI.com's Jon Heyman has a new rumor-packed article up. Heyman suggests the battle for the three elite free agents - Mark Teixeira, Manny Ramirez, and C.C. Sabathia - will mostly be fought by the New York and Los Angeles clubs. Heyman talked to one GM who believes the country's economic situation will not affect the big names but could be bad for the lower-tier guys. Heyman's potential Manny suitors: the Mets, Yankees, Blue Jays, Orioles, and Phillies. The Phillies' interest will depend on whether Pat Burrell stays. I'm not sure why the Orioles would be in the mix. The Rockies...   Continue Reading

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Season-Ending Surgery For Prior

MLB.com's Corey Brock reports that San Diego Padres pitcher Mark Prior will have season-ending surgery to repair a torn muscle in his shoulder. The Padres signed the injury-plagued starter to a $1MM contract this offseason. While the news of Prior having to miss a season due to surgery doesn't come as much of a surprise, a healthy rebound would have been a bright spot in what has otherwise been a tough season for the Padres. The team saw Jake Peavy, Chris Young, and Josh Bard all hit the DL in May. It's unfortunate, but it seems like this will make...   Continue Reading

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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...   Continue Reading

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Dan Haren Rumors: Wednesday

UPDATE, 12-5-07 at 11:20am: Joel Sherman says Stephen Drew, Mark Reynolds, and Tony Pena are also off the table in the Haren talks. UPDATE, 12-5-07 at 8:09am: Susan Slusser adds that the A's aren't being unreasonable with Arizona - they haven't asked for Justin Upton or Chris Young. Slusser also notes that Billy Beane wouldn't sit down with the Tigers unless they'd discuss Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin. That's when the Tigers turned to the Marlins. Beane downplayed the chances of trading Haren, but what else is he going to say? FROM 12-5-07 at 12:09am: Technically it's Wednesday now, and..   Continue Reading

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Padres Sign Chris Young To Four-Year Deal

Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Padres will announce a four-year contract for starter Chris Young tomorrow. There's also a club option for the fifth year. Rosenthal also mentions that the club is working on a three-year deal for Mike Cameron; they had been reluctant to add the third year. The dollars haven't been revealed yet, but Young's deal could be in the neighborhood of $10MM guaranteed with a $7-8MM option for 2011. However, Young may have wanted more money than the Noah Lowry/Rich Harden/Matt Cain standard package. He entered 2007 with 69 big league starts under his belt, more..   Continue Reading

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White Sox July Trade Inquiries

Scott Reifert is the VP of communications for the White Sox. In a cool trendsetting move, the team created an MLB blog for him last June. I didn't unearth any juicy trade rumors while browsing the blog, but there was one interesting post on July 1st entitled Trade Deadline Aftermath. According to Reifert: "A poster, who had read about the unrealistic trade demands that were out there from other teams, asked me to identify the players in our organization who were in high demand. I cleared it with Ken Williams, so here they are: Mark Buehrle, Jon Garland, Freddy Garcia,..   Continue Reading

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Chris Young Padres Projection

Wondering what Chris Young will come up with as a member of the Padres? I've got a RotoAuthority projection on the topic here. Also of note: CubDumb highlights some of Jacque Jones's most useful skills   Continue Reading

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Adam Eaton Dealt To Rangers

Kevin Towers made a great trade today, acquiring promising youngsters Chris Young and Adrian Gonzalez (plus Terrmel Sledge) for Adam Eaton and Akinori Otsuka. I didn't think a deal was imminent yesterday, but I also didn't think Jon Daniels would surrender a comparable, younger pitcher in the trade. In what way is Adam Eaton better than Chris Young? Putting their numbers side by side, I'd say Young is already the preferable pitcher. Their strikeout rates are comparable, and Young's superior control results in fewer baserunners. Young's durability is an unknown, but it couldn't be much worse than Eaton's. Eaton's had..   Continue Reading

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White Sox Obtain Javier Vazquez

In a move that took both me and Mark Gonzales by surprise, the White Sox acquired starter Javier Vazquez for center fielder Chris Young (plus the unwanted salaries of Orlando Hernandez and Luis Vizcaino). Whenever a defending World Champion makes a couple of major trades, the GM is inevitably described as "bold" in the media. I'm not sure whether I count as a member of the media, but "bold" is getting cliche. Check out some of these synonyms: spunky, audacious, gritty. I think I'll call Kenny Williams spunky when referencing the Vazquez and Thome deals. If you're a Sox fan,..   Continue Reading

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