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Last week, White Sox GM Kenny Williams again found himself denying rumors that he was about to send his right fielder elsewhere in a trade. The latest whispers had Jermaine Dye headed to the Texas Rangers in return for all-star shortstop Michael Young. The Rangers were supposedly asking for Sox prospect Aaron Poreda in addition to Dye, and that might have been the deal breaker.
We expect rumors of this deal, in some form, to resurface following Young's request for a trade this weekend. The Rangers had recently asked Young to shift over to third base to open up short for prized prospect, Elvis Andrus. Not pleased by this development, he asked to be shifted to another team. With his new trade demands public, will that reduce the values of the offers the Rangers can expect to field? And more importantly, if the Sox are truly in persuit, can they land him for less than Texas supposedly asked for last week? Perhaps now Kenny can offer a lesser prospect as part of a deal instead of Poreda.
While we don't necessarily want to see Dye leave the South Side, he is a free agent at the end of the year and nearing the end of his career. Young is very much the type of player the Sox need at the top of their lineup, with his .300 career batting average and some speed. They can just keep Alexei Ramirez at second base to make room for Young at his natural position. If the Sox hope to compete in 2009 and going forward, this could improve the team now.
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Speaking as a Cubs fan, this would be a great trade for the Sox. Outfielders who can hit are far easier to replace than shortstops who can hit. I'd be jealous if they pull this off.
Why would trading for a 31 year old shortstop be a good idea? Also what "speed" does Michael Young have? He is one of the most consistently overrated shortstops in baseball, since he's had a good batting average.
The White Sox currently have one of the best shortstop prospects in the minor leagues in Gordon Beckham, who they project to be ready for the bigs possibly in 2010 (and maybe even late 2009 if he keeps progressing).
Trading for Young would do the Sox little to no good, since moving Alexei to short is almost a must at this point with the recent signings of Viciedo, Lillebridge, and Nix, not to mention Chris Getz waiting in the wings as second baseman of the future.
Additionally, with a serious lack of good minor league pitching prospects, trading Aaron Poreda would also be pretty silly at this point.
I'm not necessarily against the trading of Dye, since he's getting up there in age, but trading and old guy for and old guy just seems like a waste, especially considering Dye>>>>Young.
I'm with egm. This = dumb move.
Young is 32, and has 5 years left on his contract (to a tune of $60 million)! no way in hell. besides, Young is easily one of the most overrated players in the AL - and he easily has the most lopsided contract.
Oof, he is a bit overpaid and not as Young as I thought. I would still take 82 RBI's out of my SS anyday. I guess I had a more favorable opinion of him due to his fantasy numbers, which in retrospect aren't as crazy as I remembered - 12 HR, 82 RBI, 102 RUNS, 10 SB, .284 AVG last year.