Tigers acquire Delmon Young

nborton · Aug 16, 2011

archiebunkerjr said:
ALL_THE_HYPE said:

If Delmon hits .270 with zero power whatsoever the rest of the season, then this was a good trade for Detroit. That's how badly the Tigers needed an upgrade.

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He will need to do better than .270 with zero power to make up for his awful defense. And left field at Comerica Park is no place for a bad defender to be.

Is he worse than Mags has gotten? Ever since his foot issues, he runs like he's got a dump in his pants.

fengzhang · Aug 16, 2011

Nick1190 said:
I really don't understand all the hate for Delmon. Is he what everyone thought he would become? No but most prospects don't blossom into being the hall of famer's that people hype them up to be.

His 162 game average for his career:

178 hits, 36 2B's, 15 HR's, 89 RBI's and a .289 hitter.

Solid to me..

A more reasonable amount of at-bats is 520 at-bats where he's only averaging 12 HR and 74 RBI with a .323 OBP, .427 slugging percentage.

tpeichel · Aug 16, 2011

fengzhang said:
Nick1190 said:

I really don't understand all the hate for Delmon. Is he what everyone thought he would become? No but most prospects don't blossom into being the hall of famer's that people hype them up to be.

His 162 game average for his career:

178 hits, 36 2B's, 15 HR's, 89 RBI's and a .289 hitter.

Solid to me..

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A more reasonable amount of at-bats is 520 at-bats where he's only averaging 12 HR and 74 RBI with a .323 OBP, .427 slugging percentage.

Agreed, not worth anywhere near $5 million.

All The Hype · Aug 16, 2011

nborton said:
archiebunkerjr said:

ALL_THE_HYPE said:

If Delmon hits .270 with zero power whatsoever the rest of the season, then this was a good trade for Detroit. That's how badly the Tigers needed an upgrade.

Click to expand...

He will need to do better than .270 with zero power to make up for his awful defense. And left field at Comerica Park is no place for a bad defender to be.

Click to expand...

Is he worse than Mags has gotten? Ever since his foot issues, he runs like he's got a dump in his pants.

That's kinda how I feel. I think Delmon could actually be valuable down the stretch just by getting Magglio out of the daily lineup; but I also think he'll put up decent numbers in a good lineup like Detroit's.

Guest · Aug 16, 2011

ALL_THE_HYPE said:
nborton said:

archiebunkerjr said:

[quote="ALL_THE_HYPE":2kcfu0n8]If Delmon hits .270 with zero power whatsoever the rest of the season, then this was a good trade for Detroit. That's how badly the Tigers needed an upgrade.

Click to expand...

He will need to do better than .270 with zero power to make up for his awful defense. And left field at Comerica Park is no place for a bad defender to be.

Click to expand...

Is he worse than Mags has gotten? Ever since his foot issues, he runs like he's got a dump in his pants.

That's kinda how I feel. I think Delmon could actually be valuable down the stretch just by getting Magglio out of the daily lineup; but I also think he'll put up decent numbers in a good lineup like Detroit's.[/quote:2kcfu0n8]
He will be a train wreck out there in left with the larger outfield. If he can hurt himself catching fly balls, he'll manage to screw up chasing down a liner on the line

hail2thevictors · Aug 16, 2011

sheetskout said:
I don't see how it's not Castellanos....

Just wanted to say LOL, that is all.

To those hating on Delmon, you probably said the same about Peralta last year. Worst case scenario is we have him for 1 more season, around $5M. Could do much, much worse.

hail2thevictors · Aug 16, 2011

GoldenBuckeyes said:
ALL_THE_HYPE said:

nborton said:

archiebunkerjr said:

[quote="ALL_THE_HYPE":1bmfpd8i]If Delmon hits .270 with zero power whatsoever the rest of the season, then this was a good trade for Detroit. That's how badly the Tigers needed an upgrade.

Click to expand...

He will need to do better than .270 with zero power to make up for his awful defense. And left field at Comerica Park is no place for a bad defender to be.

Click to expand...

Is he worse than Mags has gotten? Ever since his foot issues, he runs like he's got a dump in his pants.

Click to expand...

That's kinda how I feel. I think Delmon could actually be valuable down the stretch just by getting Magglio out of the daily lineup; but I also think he'll put up decent numbers in a good lineup like Detroit's.

He will be a train wreck out there in left with the larger outfield. If he can hurt himself catching fly balls, he'll manage to screw up chasing down a liner on the line[/quote:1bmfpd8i]

He is am improvement over Magglio, by quite a bit. I know Delmon is not a good defender, but just go watch Maggs and you will understand.

Guest · Aug 16, 2011

Delmon is still on the Twins side, made Jackson slide right onto his bat

t3dudek · Aug 18, 2011

sad to see those twins fans who thought the PTBNL would be one of our best prospects in Nick C or Jacob Turner. Lol

Firebirds11 · Aug 19, 2011

Young has sure looked good coming here. He's been unlucky too, but he has been killing the ball.

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