Over at the DMN (subscription required), the traitor Evan Grant argues that while there’s fault on both sides, the Texas Rangers’ Michael Young is guilty of being “over-sensitive” about his treatment by the team’s management. Give me a break.
Let’s review: First, the brains in the front office asked this All-Star/team leader to switch positions from shortstop to third base. Young did so, and the Rangers wound up winning a pennant. Then, for the upcoming season, the bosses asked Young to move again: give up third base this time and become a “DH/super utility player.” Young may not have liked it, but he was willing to go along with the scheme. Next “trust” broke down somehow, and now Young’s asking to be traded and being called just too darn sensitive.
Think about it: If you’d been jacked around by your overlords for several years in a similar manner, wouldn’t you give a thought to walking too?
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Not if I was making $16 million a year.
He needs to shut up and play wherever he’s told to play.
“Young did so, and the Rangers wound up winning a pennant despite Andrus having to field both short and third.”
Fixed.
“Young may not have liked it, but he was willing to go along with the scheme.” — You seem to be giving Young the benefit of the doubt, but I suspect that this is in fact the reason Young wants to be traded.
What’s $16 million after taxes?
@Ben:
You’re close. It’s more like “Young did so, after bitching and moaning and pouting for about two weeks, and…”
Both Beltre and Napoli make the Rangers better. Young should be happy with the 500 at bats (and the really big checks) he would still get in 2011 and use the opportunity to sharpen his skills at first base.
Sam is right on the money with his comments.
I don’t have a lick of sympathy for Michael Young. He’s going to get his money, he’ll get playing time all over the field – both scheduled and due to the inevitable games lost by others to injury – in addition to work at DH.
Jon Daniels’ responsibility to the organization and the fans is to put together the best possible on the field product. He has met his obligation.
Now Michael Young’s inflated ego is threatening all the work done in the offseason to strengthen the team. And by going public in this way he has destroyed any leverage the Rangers have in a trade.
Nice leadership job, Mike.
Very disappointed in Michael Young. So much for the good feelings generated by last season. He basically doesn’t want to DH, which is utterly selfish. I’m 100% on management’s side here and have lost respect for Young.
For $16m a year, my overlords could not only jack me around but they could bend me over.
At $16,000,000 per year for the next three years (for a total of $48,000,000!), my overlords could tell me to do anything they want. Seriously, who gets to tell their boss how to do things anyway?
Anyone who subscribes to Glenn’s POV on the Michael Young issue should read this blog post – http://www.bbtia.com/the-clubhouse/2011/2/9/the-delusional-nutjob-and-his-enablers.htmlpost:
Sorry about the malformed URL; here’s the proper link to the Michael Young article – http://www.bbtia.com/the-clubhouse/2011/2/9/the-delusional-nutjob-and-his-enablers.html
Glenn, If D asked you to move desks several times in three years would you asked to be transfered? If you wanted to use switching deprtments as your analogy, i’d be fine with that; there still your boss and you’d do what you’re told.
MY is always free to retire. If he wants to keep playing and pick his own team I’m sure the Rangers would let him out of his contract; just the same as you could quit d MY could quit the rangers. I don’t know if there are better jobs for you but there aren’t for MY.