Michael Young accepts move to 3B
Checking in from the Blues-Avalanche game. Well, the pre-game anyway. One of my many duties for KMOX is covering the Blues - we're their radio rights-holder - but I've got a few minutes before the game starts and just noticed an update on the Michael Young situation in Texas....
Apparently he decided to heed my words, suck it up and accept the move to third base.
Okay, that's definitely not true. One way or another, Young has done the right thing here. The Rangers are paying him a lot of money over the next five years and the least he can do is be a team player.
Glad to see that's he's found religion on this subject....
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090115&content_id=3745615&vkey=news_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex&partnerId=rss_tex
Free Agent starter I really, really like for an NL team...
Jon Garland.
He's made at least 32 starts in each of the last 7 seasons.
He's pitched at least 191 innings in each of the last 7 seasons (topping 200 4 times).
He's 106-89 for his career and has pitched on contending teams for the last 4-5 seasons.
His career ERA is 4.47, which isn't that bad when you consider that most of that time was spent pitching in hitter-friendly US Cellular Field on the South Side of Chicago.
He's also just 29 years-old and won't turn 30 until the end of September 2009.
Note: My recommendation is for a NATIONAL LEAGUE team to sign him. No DH, none of that.
Hello? Cardinals? Dodgers? Mets? Anyone looking for a starter?
Prediction: If Garland signs with an NL team not in Philadelphia, Cincinnati or Colorado he'll win 13-16 games, post an ERA between 3.70-4.10 and log 200+ innings.
That is all for now...
KW
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