your team leader and face of the franchise.

We should trade him somewhere where he can play his precious shortstop position.

Leader he is not.

Moving him right now would be as odd as the Blalock move. This kind of thing should be done in the offseason, and to me his comments leave that possibility open.

Anyway, I think that if Daniels has the balls to axe Buck, trade Danks for McCarthy, talk Hicks into a rebuild, and roll the dice on Hamilton, he can probably handle telling Young he needs to move.

sometimes with quotes like this, you need to actually hear the words spoken to really understand what someone is saying.

But this….this is pretty loud and clear that he wants no part of it.

Just say something generic like “I’m all for helping the team in everyway I can, I just don’t think that moving to 3rd is the solution RIGHT NOW.”

correctly, his wife isn’t even hot.

but a “i wouldnt be happy, but if thats what the rangers think is best then its my job” would suffice.

you know, like how cats reaction to losing his playing time was that hes not happy, but its partly his fault since he hasnt been hitting well and he will accept it.

What do you expect MY to say. He is the SS. There is nobody in “the near future” that is going to force him to move to 3B. Read this again…

“If something happens down the road and the team is better served by me moving, I’m sure there will be some discussions,” Young said. “But the time is not now, and I don’t see it in the near future.”

Some of you are acting like this is the apocalypse. Young will move when they tell him to.

Moving Young to 3B is important for the Rangers future, but it can’t happen until there’s a replacement for him at SS. The only other current option in the entire organization (if you wanted to move Young today) is Vazquez. Young is not moving off of SS for a utility infielder. When the Rangers come up with an external or internal candidate who is more than marginally better than Young in the field, I imagine he’ll embrace the move.

at SS he might not be the top5 defensive SS in the league but the way our lineup is who would rather have Playing good defense and sucking at hitting Here are the SS i see are better defensively than MY in all major league
-K.Greene S.D.
-O.Cabrera CWS
-E.Renteria Det
-J.Reyes NYM
-D.Jeter NYY
-J.Keppinger Cin
-T.Tulowitzki Col
-J.Rollins Phi
-J.Hardy Mil
-S.Drew Ari
i am sure i left someone off and will get ripped for it, i went solely on defensive ability there are guys with more range (H.Ramirez, etc…) but there FPCT. is way lower than MY, I think when you add in his bat there are only 3-5 of these guys you can argue you would
rather have than MY he adds a lot to this team and hopefully he can continue to do so since he is starting to get payed like it.

“Shortstop” Michael Young.

makes me understand a little why Sharky goes on his rants. Unbelievable the hatred for Michael Young

Soriano didn’t have to. In fact, Young may see this hardline stance as his ticket out of this god-forsaken franchise just like it was for Soriano.

Not to defend the forum, or to defend Michael Young (at least in unreasonable terms). The critics in the forum have a non-stochastic model of what a position “should be”, and want the Ranger player in that position to be better than the model. The average fan is thrilled to have somebody on the lineup who makes AllStar teams, is usually a leader in counting stats, and is played up by team media. While MY is a little short of the first, and not altogether the perception elicited by the latter, he’s OK.

My only issue is with the fantasy types who “hate” when a player doesn’t *always” exceed reasonable expectations, or the ego extension types who voice that if their player or team tanks, it’s some kind of personal disgrace.

Oh btw … some of the analytical “facts” are shaky. Worst defender, can’t achieve a decent IsoP, etc. are sort of factual, but subject to situational play.

In terms of perceived leadership: Mike speaks rapidly, almost staccato, and nearly in a monotone. He is not a gifted orator. May give the impression of terseness, which I don’t think is accurate. And he voices a LOT more to other players in the dugout and during inning changes than you’d guess, if you aren’t paying attention. The “leader” tag didn’t come from media election or statistical excellence, it comes from player peer respect. See dugout votes for AllStar selection.

He clearly states that if the team needs to move him in the next few, they’ll discuss it. Where are people getting lost on this?

“If something happens down the road and the team is better served by me moving, I’m sure there will be some discussions,” Young said. “But the time is not now, and I don’t see it in the near future.”

He’s right, the time is not now. It’s next year, or possibly 2010. When it gets to that point, he’s not going to have any legs to stand on defensively, and I’m guessing, will make the move.