Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Nats Close to Signing Dmitri Young
Happy Slush Day, Nats fans!
The Nats have apparently wasted no time in thinking up uses for the $1M they saved by beating John Patterson in arbitration. According to the Detroit Free Press, the Nationals are close to signing former Detroit Tiger 1B/OF/DH Dmitri Young to a minor-league deal.
Best-case scenario, he's Daryle Ward v2007. Worst-case he's, well, Dmitri Young. His OBP has declined every year since his .297/.372/.537 2003 campaign. He's lost time due to various ailments over the past few years as well as a two-month stay in rehab due to drug and alcohol issues last season.
If his rehab is on track, I could see him providing some pop off the bench, but I could just as easily see him getting released a month into the season.
*UPDATE*
Here are the happy happy fun projections for Young:
PECOTA: .269/.321/.450
Bill James: .274/.334/.463
CHONE: .268/.333/.470
Marcel: .268/.324/.455
ZiPS: .260/.319/.428
Thinking about this possible signing some more, I could see some kind of platoon with Travis Lee happening with Young starting and Lee providing a late-innning replacement to take advantage of his better glove. Two questions come to mind though -- A) Is Nick Johnson's recovery farther behind than we've been led to believe and B) has the organization soured on Larry Broadway that much?
The Nats have apparently wasted no time in thinking up uses for the $1M they saved by beating John Patterson in arbitration. According to the Detroit Free Press, the Nationals are close to signing former Detroit Tiger 1B/OF/DH Dmitri Young to a minor-league deal.
Best-case scenario, he's Daryle Ward v2007. Worst-case he's, well, Dmitri Young. His OBP has declined every year since his .297/.372/.537 2003 campaign. He's lost time due to various ailments over the past few years as well as a two-month stay in rehab due to drug and alcohol issues last season.
If his rehab is on track, I could see him providing some pop off the bench, but I could just as easily see him getting released a month into the season.
*UPDATE*
Here are the happy happy fun projections for Young:
PECOTA: .269/.321/.450
Bill James: .274/.334/.463
CHONE: .268/.333/.470
Marcel: .268/.324/.455
ZiPS: .260/.319/.428
Thinking about this possible signing some more, I could see some kind of platoon with Travis Lee happening with Young starting and Lee providing a late-innning replacement to take advantage of his better glove. Two questions come to mind though -- A) Is Nick Johnson's recovery farther behind than we've been led to believe and B) has the organization soured on Larry Broadway that much?
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