Michael Young RUMORS & NEWS

Courier-Post "Michael Young has been around the block a few times. So he knew, in the seventh inning of Saturday’s 7-0 win when facing the most famous reliever of all time, what would happen with a 3-2 count. Mariano Rivera chucked a breaking ball, which landed a little low. Young, however, started..." March 17

ESPN.com "Cliff Lee and Michael Young weren't teammates for long in Texas -- only for a few months in 2010. But now that they're together again in Philadelphia, Lee says he, and others, were "baffled" by the way the Rangers treated Young in his final few years with the team. Lee described Young on Monday..." February 25

The Good Phight "Young at Baseball-Reference and Fangraphs. His 2012 line: .277/.312/.370/.682, 8 HR. Drafted by the Blue Jays in 1997, Young has spent his entire career in the Texas Rangers’ infield, covering all four positions in addition to designated hitter. His defense covers the map from mediocre to bad;..." February 20

CSN Philly "It had to happen eventually. Michael Young expected it. He just didn’t know it would go down at the airport. Young was going through security at Philadelphia International when one of the TSA screeners checked his license and noticed that it had a Dallas address. “She looks at me,” Young..." February 15

SB Nation Dallas "To pretend otherwise in the moment would be disingenuous: Michael Young will go down as very, very far from being my favorite Texas Ranger. There was a brief moment in time when that wasn't true, though. In 2000, the Rangers were a team coming off consecutive division titles, and dealt one of..." December 11

SB Nation "The reviews of the Michael Young trade have been mixed so far, ranging anywhere from "Wait, what are the Phillies doing?" to "No, seriously, what are the Phillies doing?" I'm going to take the contrarian path, though, and wonder what in the hell the Phillies are doing. It's not a crazy idea for..." December 11

Dallas Morning News "Michael Young, the face of the Rangers franchise through bad and good, hosted his own farewell news conference Monday in a ballroom at the Park Cities Hilton. He did it because he didn't think it proper after 12 years to say goodbye over the phone, and no club official was going to round up the..." December 11

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "The Michael Young era in Texas has come to an end after a source confirmed that the Rangers' all-time hits leader agreed to a trade Saturday to become Philadelphia's starting third baseman. The Rangers will receive right-hander Josh Lindblom and Lisalverto Bonilla, a minor-league pitcher, while..." December 08

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "The Michael Young era in Texas has come to an end after a source confirmed that the Rangers' all-time hits leader agreed to a trade Saturday to become Philadelphia's starting third baseman. The Rangers will receive right-hander Josh Lindblom and Lisalverto Bonilla, a minor-league pitcher, while..." December 08

CSN Philly "The Phillies filled another need Saturday when they acquired veteran infielder Michael Young from the Texas Rangers for two pitchers. Young, who waived his no-trade rights, will be the Phillies' primary third baseman. The Rangers get reliever Josh Lindblom and minor league pitcher Lisalverto..." December 08

CSN Philly "Ruben Amaro Jr. was waiting for more than a taxi cab to the airport in the lobby of the Opryland Hotel on Thursday morning. The Phillies GM was also waiting for Michael Young to make a decision. The Phillies have a deal on the table to acquire the veteran infielder from the Texas Rangers,..." December 07

CSN Philly "The Phillies entered the final morning of the winter meetings Thursday with a legitimate trade possibility. Multiple baseball sources tell CSNPhilly.com that the Phils are in serious discussions with the Texas Rangers about a deal for veteran infielder Michael Young. Evan Grant of the Dallas..." December 06

Lone Star Ball "So, T.R. Sullivan has a blog post up, dealing with Michael Young and R.A. Dickey, and his lead comment about Young is intriguing: The Rangers are being very careful with what they say about Michael Young. They do not want another mess after what happened two years ago when they signed..." December 05

Lone Star Ball "Michael Young has ten years in the major leagues and five years with the Rangers. By virtue of those so-called "10/5 rights," he has the ability to veto any trade. Indications in the past have been that that veto power is something he would exercise in most cases, making it more difficult to even..." December 05

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "OK, the Texas Rangers ran out of gas. But how do they fix that? How do they get back to the World Series? By overhauling the engine, or do they simply recharge the battery? When the men who run the Rangers sit down this week, no doubt the disappointment over their 2012 collapse will still..." October 08

Dallas Morning News "While Adrian Beltre's ninth-inning homer may have been the most dramatic moment of the Rangers' 3-1 win over Los Angeles on Thursday, the most dominant moments all belonged to RHP Yu Darvish. The rookie went eight innings, allowed one run, struck out nine and walked away with his 16th win. It..." September 21

Dallas Morning News "There has been a lot of speculation by the local media the last few weeks that if Ron Washington were to make Michael Young a part time player that he would lose the clubhouse and the team would win less games than they would if he kept running Young out there everyday. Is there any evidence..." September 04

ESPN.com "It hasn't been the greatest statistical season of Michael Young's career, but it's another standout year for the way he impacts the clubhouse. On Sunday in Toronto, Young was 3-for-5 with five RBIs and ended an 88-game home run drought and a season-long 12-game RBI slump...." August 21

Dallas Morning News "The streak is over. Now what about the slump? On Sunday, Michael Young hit his first home run in more than three months and drove in five runs in the Rangers' 11-2 win over Toronto. It was Young's first homer since May 7, a career-long drought of 88 games and 349 at-bats. It was his first..." August 20

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "A successful quarterback-wide receiver duo can go down in football lore, such as Montana-Rice or Manning-Harrison. There isn't that type of connection in baseball, but double-play partners is as close as it gets. Michael Young and Ian Kinsler were the Texas Rangers middle infielders from..." August 18

Dallas Morning News "On Michael Young being ready to bust out: Ron Washington: You don't do what Michael Young has done for as many years as he has done it, and simply because he's struggling, all of a sudden you throw in the towel. He deserves the right to continue to go out there. He works at his game. What I saw..." July 13

Dallas Morning News "DH-1B Michael Young, dropped to the lowest spot he's held in the batting order since 2003, said he's got no issues with the Rangers decision to move Nelson Cruz to fifth and dropping him to sixth. "To me, it's not really a big deal," Young said. "I've hit in so many positions in the lineup in..." July 09

Dallas Morning News "Martin Perez probably didn't have the Major League debut he was expecting, going 2/3 of an inning, allowing an earned run and giving up two hits Wednesday night. The 21-year-old, who entered the season as the Rangers' top pitching prospect, opened an eighth inning that would see the Detroit..." June 28

Lone Star Ball "If the Rangers are going to have an optimal team come October as they try to win a third straight pennant, they'll bench Michael Young and find a better designated hitter around the trading deadline. Sure, it'd be awesome to grab somebody like Greinke, and stick him at the top of a playoff..." June 21

Dallas Morning News "DH Michael Young is getting a day off on Tuesday. He is not getting a demotion in the Rangers' lineup. Manager Ron Washington was adamant that Young's day was a normal respite and that he will not be dropped from the No. 5 spot, even though his production there has been among the worst in the..." June 20

Dallas Morning News "A question about Josh Hamilton's week: Has it been too good? Hamilton hit two more homers in Friday's 10-3 win over Los Angeles to up his total to eight for five games during the week. Hamilton also has 14 RBIs in those five games. Not surprisingly, teams are getting a little more selective..." May 12

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Michael Young will be bidding for his eighth All-Star Game appearance this season, and Josh Hamilton will by vying for a fifth consecutive start. Both were on the American League ballot that was revealed Thursday. Young is among the contenders to start at designated hitter. He was the runner-up..." April 20

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Michael Young is the longest-tenured Texas Rangers player, having made his major league debut late in 2000 and sticking on the roster permanently in 2001. He said Wednesday was the first time he has ever taken the advice of the training staff. Young was out of the starting lineup for the..." April 19

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Designated hitter is no longer a position for players who are inferior defensively, as the out-of-work Vladimir Guerrero and Hideki Matsui discovered over the off-season. Teams have learned how valuable it is to be able to run several players through the spot for restful days, and to have a..." April 14

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Baseball officially starts today for the two-time defending American League champs. Well, actually, it's a diluted form of baseball. It's called the Cactus League. "It's still important," said Michael Young, the senior member of the Rangers. "Our team against another major league team. Why..." March 04

Dallas Morning News "Rangers infielder Michael Young is the winner of the 2011 Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award. 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..." November 04

Dallas Morning News "Rangers manager Ron Washington said Tuesday that Michael Young will start at first base in Game 6, ending Mitch Moreland's two-game run as the starter there." October 26

Dallas Morning News "Michael Young, who played first base in the first two games, will move to DH on Saturday, but the Rangers will not go back to Mitch Moreland at first. Manager Ron Washington indicated he probably would move Mike Napoli to first and insert Yorvit Torrealba at catcher." October 22

CBSSports.com "The Rangers didn't need Cliff Lee to get back to the World Series. They did need Michael Young. They weren't severely damaged on that night in December, when Lee turned down their millions to sign with the Phillies. But they may well have been saved on those days in February, when they..." October 16

Dallas Morning News "On the last day of the season, Michael Young had only one hit and fell to third in the AL batting race, fractions of a decimal point behind No. 2 finisher Adrian Gonzalez. Young, however, got a nice consolation prize. He scored the run that gave the Rangers home-field advantage in the first..." September 29

Dallas Morning News "Michael Young, the Texas Rangers' man for all positions, sat out the 12-5 win over Seattle on Sunday but nonetheless improved his standing in the race for the American League batting title. Boston's Adrian Gonzalez went 1-for-8 in a doubleheader against the New York Yankees. That dropped..." September 26

Dallas Morning News "Seattle starter "King Felix" Hernandez left in the fourth inning after being hit in the right forearm by a Michael Young liner. Hernandez emerged with a severe contusion but no fracture, which came as a relief to Young. "I don't like to see people get hurt," said Young, who made an in-game..." September 25

Dallas Morning News "The Texas Rangers' flagging starting pitching took another hard hit on Thursday night in a 6-0 loss to Boston. Alexi Ogando allowed a career-high four homers - all on poorly placed fastballs - in only four innings. It marked the second time in Ogando's last four starts that he failed to go..." August 26

Dallas Morning News "Infielder Omar Quintanilla made his first major league start at third base. Michael Young, who had started the previous 19 games at third, got the break that comes with a start at designated hitter. Quintanilla has been ineffective in all areas. In his first at-bat, he popped up a bunt attempt. …..." August 26

Boston Herald "Adrian Gonzalez was only 22 years old when he broke into the majors with the Rangers in 2004. But even then, Michael Young believed he had the look of a future batting champion. "He had .300 hitter written all over him," Young said yesterday. Seven seasons later, with Gonzalez starring for..." August 25

Dallas Morning News "At the beginning of the season, there seemed to be some question as to what Michael Young's role as DH/super utility player entailed. Here's what it entails: Being both a regular at DH and a regular in the field. As of this week, Young has actually started more games in the field (64) than..." August 20

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "As Michael Young was acknowledging the crowd Sunday night after collecting his 2,000th career hit and as a large congratulatory banner was being unfurled in center field, the baseball was thrown out of play as a keepsake for the Rangers' all-time hits leader. It's not headed to a mantle or a..." August 09

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Michael Young's next individual goal is career hit No. 2,001. His overall goal Sunday night was just trying to win a ballgame. Josh Tomlin was doing his best to prevent that, even though the Cleveland right-hander couldn't prevent Young from collecting his 2,000th career hit. No. 2,000 might..." August 08

Dallas Morning News "Nothing else would have been appropriate. The Rangers marked a special occasion in the glittering career of Michael Young on Sunday night with a memorable accomplishment of their own. Helpless for seven innings, the Rangers rallied for five runs in the eighth inning to defeat Cleveland, 5-3, at..." August 08

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Derek Holland is working on consistency. The 24-year-old has shown flashes of brilliance, throwing four shutouts, but then has subpar outings, such as the one on Friday night. Holland allowed six runs (four earned) on five hits over 12/3 innings to the Indians, struggling with his fastball..." August 07

Dallas Morning News "The day after a disappointing start, left-hander Derek Holland got together with Michael Young for a wide-ranging discussion. Holland declined to go into details, but Young said the subject of confidence did arise. Young stressed the need for Holland to keep his belief in his abilities. "I..." August 07

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Michael Young has prided himself in being active in the Dallas-Fort Worth community throughout his tenure with the Rangers. He, along with his wife Cristina Barbosa, have supported several charities, most notably the Wipe Out Kids' Cancer Ambassadors program. But the Youngs felt it was time to..." July 26

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Anyone who has followed the Texas Rangers knows by now to not doubt a medical diagnosis from Michael Young. The designated hitter pledged on Wednesday night that his tight right hamstring muscle was no big deal, and he was in the starting lineup about 12 hours later Thursday afternoon. Young..." July 22

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Rangers designated hitter Michael Young said that he will play Thursday in the series finale against the Angels after tweaking his right hamstring in the ninth inning of the Rangers' 9-8 loss Wednesday. He said that he slipped on second base after doubling with two outs, and was removed for..." July 21

Dallas Morning News "Minnesota's Michael Cuddyer prevented the Rangers' Michael Young from achieving an All-Star first. When Detroit first baseman Miguel Cabrera was forced out of Tuesday's game after one at-bat because of a strained oblique muscle, American League manager Ron Washington of the Rangers gave Cuddyer..." July 14