Michael Young

Now that the Rangers have extended Derek Holland, Elvis Andrus and Nelson Cruz, the next step would be to evaluate the possibility of giving a contract extension to Josh Hamilton. We all know what Hamilton is capable of doing when he’s healthy, and the Rangers should strongly consider extending considering all that they have invested in [...]

As the National Basketball Players Association agreed to a new labor deal back in November, one of the agreed upon terms was the ability to use the amnesty clause provision once. This essentially allowed each team to waive a player without having their salary count toward the salary cap or the luxury tax. The best [...]

The second financial efficiency report we’re going to discuss is for the World Series’ runner up, the Texas Rangers. The Rangers won 96 regular season games, or 47 above the 49 games win line. They paid $92,299,264 in total salaries meaning they paid $1,721,324.77 for every win they got above 49. Their top five paid players were: – [...]

Here is some news from Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: – The Texas Rangers have plenty of hitting so they can afford to move Michael Young if they can get a starting pitcher or closer. Candidates that could go after Young include the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies. – Chase Utley’s recovery [...]

Infielder Michael Young, who asked to be traded from the Rangers hasn’t created a lot of noise as of late. Rangers GM, Jon Daniels met twice with Young recently to discuss their differences. Daniels acknowledged that the situation involving Young could have been handled a different way. The Rangers tried to trade Young, but the $48 [...]

Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels and infielder Michael Young have recently met twice to discuss their differences, T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com reports. “They were productive conversations,” Daniels said. Daniels does not foresee trading Young before Opening Day. “Michael is aware of the way things stand,” Daniels said. “From our perspective, the 25 guys we break camp [...]

When the Texas Rangers contacted the San Francisco Giants about their interest in disgruntled infielder Michael Young, the Rangers told them, “Don’t even bother bringing up [Aaron] Rowand’s name,” Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News reports. Rowand is at best a player to come off the bench for the defending World Series champions, and [...]

According to Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports, the Texas Rangers are willing to eat about half of Michael Young’s remaining $48 million.  However, the team is asking for top-end prospects in return, but there are no takers so far. The Phillies could be prime candidates to take on Young in the wake of the uncertainty [...]

Despite the overwhelming need for the Phillies to find a replacement for injured second baseman Chase Utley, a source close to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated says that there is “nothing brewing” between the Philadelphia and Texas for Michael Young. The Phillies will likely go with veteran Wilson Valdez while Utley recovers from patellar tendinitis.  However, [...]

The Texas Rangers are stacked at the first base position with Mitch Moreland, Michael Young, Mike Napoli and Chris Davis. Obviously only one can play there at a time while another could be the designated hitter. That still leaves two backups, so the Rangers could consider a trade. According to T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com, teams [...]