Outfielder Chris Young has changed agents, switching from CAA Sports to Reynolds Sports Management, according to a tweet from Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. Young played this year for the Athletics after spending all his previous big league time with the Diamondbacks.
As Heyman notes, the A's hold an $11MM club option over Young for next season, but are highly likely to pay him a $1.5MM buyout instead. Young hit just .200/.280/379 in 375 plate appearances in his first go-round in Oakland, while knocking twelve long balls and swiping ten bases. He also saw a downturn in his once-stellar defensive metrics, though short-sample variation could be to blame there.
Assuming Young is indeed set free by A's GM Billy Beane, his new agent will be tasked with dangling the 30-year-old's multi-tool upside on the free agent market. Though Young suffered from a low BABIP in 2013, he also has failed to maintain the strikeout and walk rates that supported his strong campaigns in 2010-11.
