Michael young to philadelphia

While many defenders of Young point to his .277 average as only being barely sub-par, they fail to focus on the makeup of those hits, which are almost exclusively singles. Michael struggled with his bat speed in 2012, which led to his normal opposite-field line drive power dwindling.

Combine very little power with his typically low walk rate, and Young had his worst on-base percentage in 10 years last season. Given his lack of range in the field, and his inability to produce at the plate in the designated hitter role led to Young being marked as the worst player and second worst player in the bigs last season according to FanGraphs and Baseball-Reference per their respective Wins Above Replacement stat, commonly referenced in MLB front offices as a fair barometer of performance.

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BowmanChromeAddict said:

Yeah, didn't give up much for this one. Wasn't impressed by Lindblom last year and Young fills a major need. Not a long term option, but a good fill in. Kudos to Amaro on this one. He gave up too much for Revere, but this one works for me.

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markakis8 said:

I really think they should try to trade for someone like Michael Cuddyer. If Nick Swisher hasn't found a sucker to give him 3 years/$39 million (a la Red Sox/Victorino), maybe the Phillies can grab him on a 1 year/$10 million deal.

Or they could just give up their entire farm for Giancarlo Stanton. I would. Let's see - Domonic Brown, Jesse Biddle, Larry Greene, and Brady Colvin. That could get it done.

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