Will Chris Young last in the majors? (D-Backs) DEMOTED.

AKA Coastal · Aug 8, 2009

I followed him all through the minors and made some pretty good money on him when he exploded on the scene with 32HR's in '07. He's never really hit for average ,but this year he's not showing much power and is batting a cool .197 in 309AB's. He's signed for 4 years 14.5 million. Is time for D-Backs to explore other options or maybe send him down? He was 0-4 with 3K's tonight. He just looks lost at the plate.

pujolsjunkie · Aug 8, 2009

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I went to the Mets/D-Backs game Monday at Citi wearing my authentic Young jersey. One of my less successful jersey purchases, right up there with Rich Hill. :lol:

AKA Coastal · Aug 8, 2009

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pujolsjunkie said:
I went to the Mets/D-Backs game Monday at Citi wearing my authentic Young jersey. One of my less successful jersey purchases, right up there with Rich Hill. :lol:

In '07 he looked like he was going to be a Andrew Jones lite. Maybe .265 30+ 90RBI's a year. Dunno what happen.

Pine Tar · Aug 8, 2009

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I was just thinking the samething the other day. I hope he turns it around.

pujolsjunkie · Aug 8, 2009

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He does play a strong CF, so that works in his favor.

soccerman034 · Aug 8, 2009

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Send him down to AAA for the rest of the year and then revisit him next spring. Winter ball wouldn't be too bad for him either.

Incline Investments · Aug 9, 2009

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Made huge money off of him back in 07, and he's one of my favorite players. Incredible defense, and big time power.

I definitely thought he would be a .260 35-35 guy, but he Ks way too much.

AKA Coastal · Aug 10, 2009

Just heard on another message board he got demoted to AAA. Oeltjen is going to stay in the bigs after Upton comes back.

Yea, he's demoted.

nkdbacks · Aug 10, 2009

Rusty Ryal up in his place for those who may be interested.

AKA Coastal · Aug 10, 2009

nkdbacks said:
Rusty Ryal up in his place for those who may be interested.

Watcha think about Oeltjen. Seems like a spark plug the D-Backs might need next year.

nkdbacks · Aug 10, 2009

AKA Coastal said:
nkdbacks said:

Rusty Ryal up in his place for those who may be interested.

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Watcha think about Oeltjen. Seems like a spark plug the D-Backs might need next year.

I like him a lot so far! Good to see him having some immediate success. I'm interested to see if he can keep it up for a couple weeks. I don't know much about him, but hopefully he sticks around. I assume if he sticks around next year he will be the 4th outfielder (or 5th?). We have so many outfield options. Upton/Parra/Oeltjen/Romero/Young/Byrnes/Jackson.

I don't know how next year will turn out, but right now I'm fine with Upton, Parra and Jackson as the starters (assuming CoJack comes back healthy and hitting). Also depends on what AAA does for CY.

HPC · Aug 10, 2009

Sad that he has 30/30 potential and is hitting .194.

Good idea to send him down to regain his swagger

The_ReverendAct2 · Aug 10, 2009

gerado parra made the move easier. the kid is a great defender and has a consistent bat. can he man cf is the question. i think he can.

sportscardtheory · Aug 10, 2009

What the heck happened to Conor Jackson???

thefasterblade · Aug 10, 2009

He never adjusted and never learned to hit the ball the other way.

bballjunky24 · Aug 10, 2009

Thank god he got demoted... I'm tired of "chris young at bat and there's another pop up on the infield for the third out in the inning"...

I hope he can turn it around otherwise he will go down as another bad dbacks contract...

sportscardtheory · Aug 10, 2009

sportscardtheory said:
What the heck happened to Conor Jackson???

nkdbacks · Aug 10, 2009

sportscardtheory said:
What the heck happened to Conor Jackson???

Got Valley Fever and also developed Pneumonia and it really took a toll on him. He would sleep for 15 hours at a time after an hour of batting practice and just couldn't play anymore. Just in the last couple of weeks has he been able to return to normal. He is going to Single A in a week or so to start what he is calling his spring training and if all goes well, he should be back for September call-ups.

Good to hear he is feeling well; Valley Fever is nasty as heck, and many people never fully recover.

sportscardtheory · Aug 10, 2009

nkdbacks said:
sportscardtheory said:

What the heck happened to Conor Jackson???

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Got Valley Fever and also developed Pneumonia and it really took a toll on him. He would sleep for 15 hours at a time after an hour of batting practice and just couldn't play anymore. Just in the last couple of weeks has he been able to return to normal. He is going to Single A in a week or so to start what he is calling his spring training and if all goes well, he should be back for September call-ups.

Good to hear he is feeling well; Valley Fever is nasty as heck, and many people never fully recover.

Thank you very much. I hadn't heard a THING about him all season and thought maybe he retired or something.

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