8
2012
Phillies Acquire Michael Young From Rangers
An article by Hojo's Mojo
The Phillies have acquired Michael Young from the Rangers according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Young will receive $1.2 million in benefits in exchange for waiving his no-trade clause, but Nightengale adds that he told the Phillies he did not want an extension.
The Rangers will $10MM of the $16MM owed to Young next season.
In exchange, the Phillies will send Josh Lindblom and minor leaguer Lisalverto Bonilla to Texas.
Nice deal for the Phillies who get a quality third baseman for $6 million.
Original Post 9:00 AM
Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. spoke to reporters yesterday and confirmed that as a result of trading Vance Worley to obtain outfielder Ben Revere, he is keying in on a one or two low risk, high reward pitchers, while they await for an answer from the Rangers on Michael Young, whom they made a trade offer for.
Initially, Amaro said he might be willing to fill the rotation spot vacated by Worley from within the organization, but conceded that he is more inclined to sign a free agent.
“We’re looking for a low-risk, high-reward type of guy,” the general manager said Friday night. “We’ve been exploring the market, and there are a lot of pitchers still out there.”
One such pitcher that has popped up is former Nationals’ starter John Lannan, 28, who was non-tendered last month. The lefthander is beginning to garner some interest and will not be as expensive as other options on the market with the same skill set after spending time in the minors.
The Phillies’ goals this offseason was to add a leadoff hitter with speed to the lineup which they believe they accomplished with Revere. They are also in search of a corner outfielder with righthanded power and are talking to Cody Ross. If Rangers accepts offer on Young it fulfills what they called their primary objective which was to add a third baseman.
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Sandy Alderson is going through this off season like Rip Van Winkle. If there was any REAL intentions of getting a corner outfielder he should have signed Cody Ross already. But he continues to sleep, sleep sleep. And now if he wants him it looks like he’ll have to engage in a bidding war with the Phillies, and you know he’s not gonna do that. We should have a very well rested GM byspring training while Duda, Kirk and Baxter fill our outfield and Ross lands with a division rival. Inexcusable!
While the Phillies are focused on Michael Young, we should jump in and grab Cody Ross.
If Cody Ross was the answer why not keep Hairston, they are the same 4th Of’ers thats it. Let him go to the Phillies
Hairston is definitely a 4th outfielder or platoon type. But Ross is most certainly an everyday player. .256 vs RHP, .295 vs LHP.
I too am getting impatient. I don’t believe Ross is the answer but I don’t think sitting around doing practically nothing is the answer either. I am slightly ticked about Cedeno not coming back and I don’t like our chances of bringing back Hairston.
The Braves, Nats and Phils are working their to-do lists and focusing on what they needed to do this offseason. Then there’s the Mets who are doing none of those things. But hey we got Golden Boy coming back so….
But hey we got Golden Boy coming back so….”
Hey, Hey…. Hey…. Relax Ok..
Just because they are signing guys doesn’t mean there better off. This guy Trevor May struck out 350 guys in 300IP the last 2 years , glad to have him in the other league.
He also had an ERA close to 5 in AA, and has a lot of issues with his control. He’s not a bad prospect, but he’s not a huge loss to their team.
Alderson is trying to get outfield, bullpen, and catching help. He is trying to get the most for Dickey. The free agent market is high right now, so he is trying to upgrade via trade. Minaya got us into this mess by spending like a drunken sailor. I’m confident that Sandy and his staff will improve the team now that the Madoff scandal seems to be behind them. It won’t happen overnight.
I love when people say Omar got us into this mess. Clearly they know nothing about baseball or the Mets. Jeffry boy Wilpon built a stadium that they cannot afford and Fred built an organization based on the constant inflow of bogus Madoff returns. Also the Wilpons are not in financial trouble, the Mets are. They strapped all the debt on to the team not themselves. Omar took a last place team under a budget signed off in by the owners and made them a contender. We are now a joke under Alderson. Without Dickey last year ( a Minaya find) we were 28 games under .500
We could use a little more Minaya and less Sandy and Jeff and Fred and great pick ups like Frank Francisco
Certainly we could also use more Moises Alou and Jason Bay (by the way, it will take 10 Franciscos to equal the blunder that was Bay) and a minor league system that spits out 0 All Stars.
People who overlook the atrocity that was Omar Minaya show they DONT know baseball. Spending money will make a team competitive but not a long term winner. Omar gave the Mets 4 good seasons and now 4 bad ones. Sadly, GMs end up being the gift that keeps on giving. If you love Omar so much, go root for San Diego.
It’s just way to soon to say the minor league system spits out 0 all stars. A lot of those guys from his system are in their 1st or 2nd full season starting, It’s way too early in their career’s to make that kind of judgment, especially when there’s guys like Davis, Niese, and Harvey, who do have all star talent.
Wright’s contract dwarfs Bay’s contract by the way.
actually it is about the same in annual value (~17m vs. 16M year). Wright just has more years (and based on age, it works out to 2 “before” bays deal and 2 After.)
Four extra year is a big deal. The Mets will have to pay that annual salary for twice as long as they did for Bay.
So, if Wright busts, it will be a disaster.
I wish Sandy had the balls to trade Reyes and Wright for Prospects…
But he caved to pressure and overpaid Wright…
Now he has to sign a guy like Michael Bourn(i know hes lefty) and put some win now talent around Wright…
If we do trade Dickey, it should be in an effort to brign in Justin Upton…Dickey and Flores for Upton or a 3 way trade…
bourne has career year getting him a contract he will never live up to written all over him.
I actually liked what the Phils did (and would have been happy to have the guy) by getting revere instead.
I understand but its being reported that the market for Bourn is drying up and his price is coming down as teams fill their needs and his suitors are thinning out…
It might not be as expensive as first thought…
I know its not reality but if we could sign Bourn and trade for Upton…the Wright signing would make sense
he could end up being one of the Boras clients that holds out for a huge deal, misses the market, then takes a 1 year deal planning to try again next year.
If Young can handle being the everyday 3B for the Phils he may just have one real good rebound season as he heads into his free agent year.
Yea he’ll have a good season because everything hit hard in Citizens Bank Park is a homer.
though you can say the same about Texas.
While the NL East is getting stronger, we’re doing nothing. I hope something will happen this offseason. I’m optimistic but it doesn’t look like much will happen. I say sign Hairston to play LF/RF and sign Ross to play LF/CF/RF. Kirk can be our Opening Day CF with Hairston in LF and Ross in RF. Trade Duda and Murphy for an 2B/SS our call up Flores to play SS and shift Tejada to 2B. Sign John Lannan and make him a reliever. Try to resign Dickey, but if you can, trade him for bullpen help or a righty catcher. Opening Day lineup:
SS-Tejada
CF- Niewenhuis
3B- Wright
1B- Davis
RF- Ross
2B- Murphy
LF- Hairston
C- Thole / Olivo
P- pitcher
Sounds decent to me.
Good for what? 80 wins at most…
I said decent.
The Nats got a little stronger. The jury is still out on the Braves.
The Phillies are getting older and just moving money around.
And the Marlins…well, if I really need to explain how they aren’t getting stronger, then maybe you should go check some news feeds.
Taskmaster – you understand do little. Alderson isn’t here to win he is here to clean up the Wilpons ponzu scheme. Don’t pretend to know things you don’t understand.
Here is something even you can understand….. Who was the minor league pitcher of the year this year????? Here is a guess Jose Fernandes. Pretty impressive out if the 2011 draft and now only 20. May even be major league bound this year. He was the 12th pick. One guess who went. 11th???? I will help you. Mr Brsnfon Nimmo who is toiling away two levels below Mr Fernandes and if he ever sees Cuti Field it won’t be until 2015. Maybe. That is how our three headed genius build thru the draft. It’s going to be a lo g decade… Z
well, there are at least 10 other GMs just as stupid, since they all passed on him too, right?
Looks like the Rangers just made room for Mike Olt. Sorry Sandy, you waited to long. You snooze, you lose.
@JeffPassan
Source believes Phillies still primed to do something “big.” Anything from pursuing Hamilton to a late Greinke run to trade for outfielder.
Young is a one-year hole filler. Third base market very scant this year; might be better next year and the Phils have a guy they think may be ready by 2014. Article mentions Lannan…don’t know they want three lefties in their rotation, though he’d be a solid addition. I think they’ll prioritize a setup man over the corner outfielder, needing both.