Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 04, 2008
Fargo

Howard Sinker interprets Ron Gardenhire's comments in Fargo, ND as signaling the end of Delmon Young's career with the Twins:

According to the Fargo Forum, Gardy said he wants a starting outfield in 2009 of Denard Span, Carlos Gomez and ...

... Michael Cuddyer.

Been nice knowing you, Delmon.

Gardenhire said about his outfielders-of-choice: "Those three guys need to play every day. Delmon is in the mix. He's a hell of a player, a hell of a talent. But to me, those three guys should be your outfield and then you go from there."

This is the strongest indication yet that Young is available to a team that can offer up something reasonable in return. Gardy told the Fargo group that teams have inquired about Young.

I'm not sure why Gardenhire values Cuddyer over Young. Delmon is seven years younger in seasonal age and put up better offensive numbers at age 22 than Cuddyer did at age 29. One would suspect that difference will only get bigger over the next few years as Young reaches his peak and Cuddyer declines.

It also seems to me that if a team wants to trade a player, they don't make him worth less by taking him out of the starting lineup in December.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:05 AM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
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Hopefully they're really trying to trade Cuddyer.

Posted by: Brian at December 4, 2008 10:07 AM

Maybe he misspoke but unless he's got some plans on some moves he's counting on it doesn't make a lot of sense. Young had a disappointing year but it'd be hard to figure out why they'd be giving up on him already.

Posted by: Bandit at December 4, 2008 11:13 AM

I don't understand people souring on Young so quickly. When a player can hold his own in the majors at that young an age it portends to a decent career. No, he hasn't shown much power yet. However, that is often a skill that develops a little slower. Players that are 24 or 25 as rookies may show more immediate power, but a 20 year old rookie can catch up. Griffey Junior didn't hit 30+ homers until his 4th or 5th season. If Minnesota foolishly gives up on him, I'm sure a couple dozen other teams would be glad to have him.

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Posted by: turiHattfib at December 4, 2008 03:24 PM

Maddon is a character guy. Gardenhire is a character guy (something you could possibly say about the entire Twins organization). Seems to me that the reason Young will likely be playing for his third team in his third season is pretty obvious.

Posted by: deversm at December 4, 2008 09:47 PM
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