Player Profile #65: Michael Young | 1B/3B | TEX
To all you Michael Young haters out there, lay off the dude! We’ve written a lot about the great values you can find targeting low-average hitters with great power/speed combos, but you can’t build a balanced fantasy roster without a couple guys who do the opposite. Young represents the very best of this “opposite” class of players. He’s batted over...
Via Baseball Professor
|
3 days ago
|
3 days ago
Discuss
Spring training starts with sluggers in new places
Tim Lincecum thought about the seismic shifts of baseball's offseason, the ones that saw Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder migrate to the American League.
''I think it's great,'' San Francisco's two-time Cy Young Award winner joked. ''I won't have to pitch to them anymore.''
Just 106 days after the surprising St. Louis Cardinals won...
Via AP on Fox
|
1 day ago
Young finishes eighth in AL MVP voting
Texas Rangers star Michael Young finished eighth in the American League most valuable player voting.
Detroit's Justin Verlander won the award while Young was one of just six players to receive a first-place vote. Young received one first-place vote and finished with 96 points, nine behind Boston's Adrian Gonzalez. Young's lone first-place vote came from Evan Grant of...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
|
November 21, 2011
Rangers' Infield - Three Beemers and a Dodge
These new Texas Rangers have been an amazing story the past two years. Most baseball fans through the years remember how the Rangers were always a one-dimensional team. They could always pound the ball, but they could never pitch. From 1997 through 2008 (a twelve year stretch), the Rangers gave up an average of 883 runs per game. In seven of those seasons, the pitching staff gave...
Via The Flagrant Fan
|
13 days ago
|
13 days ago
Young proud of the effort displayed by Rangers
ST. LOUIS There's no one who takes more pride of putting on the Texas Rangers uniform than Michael Young.
That may make the sting of losing a World Series when the team was one strike away from winning it twice a little tougher for the club's all-time hits' leader to take.
"Obviously this is going to sting for a while," Young said. "It's pretty fresh...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
|
October 29, 2011
Voting For Michael Young is Proof Sports Writers Shouldn’t Vote for Hall of Fame or Awards
After letting these thoughts stew for a few hours, it’s time for me to say my thoughts on Texas Rangers infielder Michael Young getting a first place vote for the MVP.
Are you freaking kidding me? Really? Michael Young? Not Miguel Cabrera? Not Jacoby Ellsbusy? Not Justin Verlander? Not Jorge Bautista? Michael Young? That is one of the worst votes in the history of sports award...
Via Rant Sports
|
November 22, 2011
|
November 22, 2011
Michael Young Caught Picking His Nose During World Series (Picture)
That is Rangers DH/infielder Michael Young making his finest pick of the World Series. Don’t worry, Mike, we’re not picking on you; I can barely keep my fingers out of my nose long enough to bang out a few stories here at LBS. Keep it up, brother. Pic via @cjzero
Via Larry Brown Sports
|
October 24, 2011
|
October 24, 2011
Rangers’ Michael Young Overcomes Bitter Off-Season
Michael Young, the longest-tenured member of the Texas Rangers, set an example by adapting to his new role this season.
Via New York Times Sports
|
October 16, 2011
Young tabbed Marvin Miller Man of the Year
ARLINGTON, Texas Texas Rangers standout Michael Young has been named the Marvin Miller Man of the Year once again.
Young also won the honor in 2008. He's the third player to win the award twice, joining John Smoltz and Jim Thome.
The award goes to a player for on-field and off-field performance that most inspires others to higher levels of achievement by displaying as much...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
|
November 03, 2011
Young delivers in the ninth to lift Rangers
ST. LOUIS For the first eight innings, the most dangerous lineup in baseball couldn't scratch out a run against the Cardinals. The Rangers were three outs away from having to hear again how they were no match for St. Louis in a National League-style game.
But the most dominating closer of the postseason, Jason Motte, couldn't survive the top of the Rangers' order in...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
|
October 21, 2011
Young named Rangers Player of the Year
Michael Young has been the face of the Rangers for over a decade now, and he was the face of Thursday night's first annual Rangers Awards Show when he was named the Rangers Player of the Year.
Via mlb.com
|
January 13, 2012
Young Named Miller Man of the Year
Texas rangers utility infielder Micheal Young has been named the 2011 Marvin Miller Man of the Year.
"The award is presented to the player whose on-field and off-field performance most inspires others to higher levels of achievement by displaying as much passion to give back to others as he shows between the lines on the baseball diamond," the Rangers said in a news release...
Via NBC Dallas- Fort Worth
|
November 04, 2011
Young Named Rangers Player of Year
It's a distant memory now.
Michael Young was nearly a Colorado Rockie after a well publicized spat with the Texas Rangers front office after Young felt like he was being pushed out of the lineup after yet another position change in recent years, going from second base to shortstop to third base and this past year to a primarily DH role.
And despite his disdain with the organization...
Via NBC Dallas- Fort Worth
|
January 13, 2012
"It's Going to be Nuts" Young
Rangers Michael Young on the World Series. More at MLB.com and TexasRangers.comPhoto Credit: Frank Heinz
Via NBC Dallas- Fort Worth
|
October 18, 2011
Someone Voted For Michael Young Over Jose Bautista For AL MVP
Yep. It’s actually true.
Now, I understand that MVP votes and awards are all opinion-based, and that will mean a good variety of disagreement between the fans and baseball writers. Maybe my homerism tells me that Jose Bautista wasn’t just the most valuable player for the Blue Jays, but the American League in general, but…I can totally understand why most of the votes went to...
Via Rant Sports
|
November 21, 2011
|
November 21, 2011
Young breaks out of slump, sparks offense
ARLINGTON Rangers manager Ron Washington has no choice but to leave Derek Holland in the starting rotation. Just the sight of him on the mound causes his teammates to explode at the plate.
Pitching in the most important game of his career, Holland became a mere footnote as the Rangers put nine runs on the board in the third inning on their way to a 15-5 win in Game 6 of the American...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
|
October 16, 2011
Rangers don't really know World Series opponent
The Texas Rangers know who they're playing in the World Series.
Yet, the American League champions don't really know the St. Louis Cardinals.
Michael Young, the longest-tenured Ranger, is the lone player left in Texas who took part in the only series between the teams. That was in 2004 - or as Young put it, ''a long time ago.'' All he really remembers from that three-game set is...
Via AP on Fox
|
October 17, 2011
Rangers secure second straight World Series berth
Michael Young delivered a pair of two-run doubles in a nine-run third inning and later homered as the Texas Rangers advanced to the World Series for the second straight season by whipping the visiting Detroit Tigers 15-5 in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday.
David Murphy had a two-run single as the Rangers sent 14 batters to the plate against four...
Via Pro Sports Daily
|
October 16, 2011
|
October 16, 2011
Michael Young Continues to Plug Along – For Texas
PHOTO APBack in March, Michael Young was on the Phillies radar. Here on Phillies Nation, I wrote this:As first reported by Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com, the Phillies put in a call to the Texas Rangers to discuss Michael Young, although talks were considered “brief.”Young has announced his displeasure with the Rangers organization for dangling him in a trade after assuring him...
Via Phillies Nation
|
October 16, 2011
|
October 16, 2011
A six-man rotation? Why not the Rangers?
If ever a team was set up for a six-man rotation, it might be the 2012 Texas Rangers.
The Rangers indeed will have six potential starters if they sign Japanese right-hander Yu Darvish. They could trade a starter. They could return right-hander Alexi Ogando to the bullpen. They also could try a six-man rotation.
Nolan Ryan, the team’s old-school club president, might object...
Via MLB BUZZ
|
December 20, 2011
Just In: Michael Young is Pretty Good, After All
Michael Young took a lot of heat through the first seven games of the postseason, and deservedly so.
Young, who showed in the regular season that he was more than capable of batting cleanup on a regular basis, was 2-for-15 in the ALDS and was 1-for-12 in the first three games of the ALCS with Texas winning two of them.
All of that, and Ron Washington stuck with his guy after numerous...
Via NBC Dallas- Fort Worth
|
October 17, 2011
2012 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 20 Third Basemen
1. Jose Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays*
He’s averaged 48.5 HR and 113.5 RBI the last two seasons. He also walked 132 times last season.
2. Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay Rays
In just 483 AB in 2011 Longoria hit 31 HR and 99 RBI.
3. Michael Young, Texas Rangers*
Young isn’t showing his age after 213 hits and 106 RBI last season.
4. Adrian Beltre, Texas Rangers
Believe...
Via Win My Fantasy League
|
21 days ago
|
21 days ago
Texas follows lead of ultimate Ranger: Young
Michael Young is Mr. Texas Rangers, and he came through with a clutch RBI in Game 2 of the World Series.
Via mlb.com
|
October 21, 2011
Young breaks out of slump, sparks offense
Michael Young broke out of his postseason slump and ignited the Rangers' offense in Game 6.
Via FOX Sports Southwest
|
October 16, 2011
Young: Rangers, Tigers "Pretty Evenly Matched"
Michael Young says Rangers and Tigers both good teams, with the series coming down to pitching. More at MLB.com and TexasRangers.com
Via NBC Dallas- Fort Worth
|
October 13, 2011
THE RANGERS HOT 25
|
|
|
|
|
Today's Best Stuff |
For BloggersJoin the Yardbarker Network (YBN) for more promotion, traffic, and money. |
Company Info |
Help |
What is Yardbarker?Yardbarker is the largest network of sports blogs and pro athlete blogs on the web. This site is the hub of the Yardbarker Network, where our editors and algorithms curate the best sports content from our network and beyond. |
