Michael Young Asks to be Traded, Buy or Sell?

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<!--quoteo(post=11730:date=Jan 15 2009, 07:08 AM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Jan 15 2009, 07:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=11726:date=Jan 15 2009, 05:59 AM:name=bz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bz @ Jan 15 2009, 05:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=11725:date=Jan 15 2009, 04:41 AM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Jan 15 2009, 04:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=10940:date=Jan 12 2009, 11:57 AM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Jan 12 2009, 11:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's a decent player, but he's absurdly overpriced. Absurdly. That contract is positively insane, especially considering that he's not that good a defensive SS (which is why the front office wants to move him over to 3rd.)
He did win a Palmeiro-esque Gold Glove this year, so maybe he thinks he really IS Ozzie or Visquel-like.
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Young won the GG this past season.They just think their top prospect Elvis Andrus is ready, and he's a SS.
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Plus Young's past two season weren't...ya know...bad
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96 OPS+ last year is technically on the "bad" side of the bell curve.
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And given his salary and defensive limitations, he slides much, much farther to the bad side.