Rangers extend Young for 5yrs/$80M

by patsfan on Mar 1, 2007 1:49 PM PST Comment 23 comments

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/baseball/rangers/stories/030207dnsporanglede.b2765f5 .html

Always nice to see a division rival waaay overpay for a player.

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He's 30 years old.

Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.

by Goose on Mar 1, 2007 1:59 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'...

Michael Young, career road stats: .276/.317/.413
Yuniesky Betancourt, career road stats: .292/.310/.427

by patsfan on Mar 1, 2007 2:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Not to mention the defense.

Hoowee!

by Jeff on Mar 1, 2007 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, on the other hand

He's a smart guy, deciding to stay in Texas like that.

That's a pretty ridiculous contract -- but these days, aren't they all?

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by Deanna on Mar 1, 2007 3:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I saw this rumored on Rotoworld

On Tuesday I think. Apparently Texas thinks he is the face of the franchise. Ha.

by bluemax on Mar 1, 2007 4:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Not Teixeira?

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by Deanna on Mar 1, 2007 4:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Boras Factor

Boras will make Teixeira the face of any franchise he damn well pleases.

The only way Teix isn't getting a $150 million dollar contract is if he's dead. If he's just paralyzed, Boras will convince someone that embryonic stem cells will heal him (just like Christopher Reeves in South Park).

by Trev on Mar 1, 2007 9:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hide Felix Please

by Robert on Mar 1, 2007 9:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Nah, we just need to keep him away from Boras.

Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.

by Goose on Mar 1, 2007 10:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Uh

that's Chistopher REEVE, no S. Get the name right please.

by Coach Owens on Mar 2, 2007 9:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Whatever you say, CoachOwen

by Graham on Mar 2, 2007 10:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh

Har de har har. Graam.

by Coach Owens on Mar 2, 2007 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, Beltre...

sweet, sweet Beltre.

by Slozbury Stouvre on Mar 1, 2007 4:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Rangers could've done worse.

It's not like it's Alfonso Soriano bad.

by JLC on Mar 1, 2007 11:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

its almost that bad

considering the guy's a shortstop, and they'll be paying 16 mil for his age 33-38 seasons. Texas just can't get it right when it comes to all star shortstops...

by Mere Tantalisers on Mar 2, 2007 5:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm

They're paying about$10M per year on Arod's deal, so they could have kept Arod for the same price they're going to be paying Young and Arod to play for the Yankees. Makes sense.

by Happybelly on Mar 2, 2007 9:29 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I hadn't even thought about that

Amusing

by Graham on Mar 2, 2007 10:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

OMG BUT AROD IS A CLUBHOUSE CANCER

Hot potato is an entirely different game when you're starving

by Mariner John on Mar 2, 2007 5:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Dude

How many shortstops can give you 160 games of solid offensive production?

Yeah, I know Homerquest helps him a bit. He's not A-Rod but he's not Orlando Cabrera either.

by Gomez on Mar 2, 2007 9:36 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

On the road he's

Omar Vizquel.

Hot potato is an entirely different game when you're starving

by Mariner John on Mar 2, 2007 5:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Defensive Reduction

= Minimal Value

"Go" Rangers! Yeehaw!

by Josh on Mar 2, 2007 2:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I should clarify

I meant that after reducing his value due to defensive woes he has minimal value.

by Josh on Mar 2, 2007 9:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It seems that this isn't a 5 year extension, but a

7 year deal that replaces the current deal he has. Small technicality is all, but that is what Rotoworld is saying:

"Rangers signed shortstop Michael Young to a seven-year contract through 2013.
The Rangers said the contract supersedes Young's previous deal, which would have seen him earn $9 million over the next two years. When the deal was leaked Thursday, it was understood that Young would earn $80 million over the following five seasons. We believe it's a bad signing, but the Rangers are looking to make Young the face of the team and if they didn't give him this kind of money, someone else would have when he became a free agent after 2008. Young's consistency and durability are plenty valuable right now, but there's a good chance that he'll spend at least the last two years of the deal as a mediocre left fielder."

Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.

by Goose on Mar 2, 2007 8:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs