| Hot | 6/15/2013 10:29:00 AM |
Description: Phillies third baseman Michael Young has only faced Colorado starter Tyler Chatwood six times, but he's banged out five hits and four RBI in the half dozen at-bats. | Insight: Young is on a six-game hitting streak, batting .423 over the span and this favorable matchup should keep him swinging a hot bat. Start him. | | |
| 6/4/2013 2:53:00 PM |
Description: Phillies third baseman Michael Young is hitless in nine career at-bats versus Miami starter Ricky Nolasco, but is in the starting lineup, according to Phillies beat writer Ryan Lawrence. | Insight: Young returned from bereavement leave on Monday, but did not start. The career .300 hitter is in the midst of a 1-for-26 (.038) slump that has dropped his average from .296 to .258. | | |
| 6/4/2013 10:13:00 AM |
Description: Phillies third baseman Michael Young is hitless in nine career at-bats versus Miami starter Ricky Nolasco. | Insight: Young returned from bereavement leave on Monday, but did not start. The career .300 hitter is batting an un-Young like .258 and not been a productive fantasy option this season and Tuesday likely won't help his numbers. | | |
| 6/3/2013 11:38:00 AM |
Description: Phillies third baseman Michael Young is expected to return from bereavement leave on Monday. | Insight: Young broke up a five-game hitless streak with a home run on Tuesday night. The career .300 hitter is batting an un-Young like .258 and not been a productive fantasy option this season. | | |
| 5/29/2013 3:30:00 PM |
Description: Phillies third baseman Michael Young has been place on the bereavement list. | Insight: Young broke up a five-game hitless streak with a home run on Tuesday night. The career .300 hitter is batting an un-Young like .258 and not been a productive fantasy option this season. Freddy Galvis will start at third base on Wednesday. | | |
| 5/29/2013 11:17:00 AM |
Description: Phillies third baseman Michael Young is a career .355 hitter (33-for-93) against Boston veteran John Lackey. | Insight: Young broke up a five-game hitless streak with a home run on Tuesday night. The career .300 hitter is batting an un-Young like .258 and not been a productive fantasy option this season. | | |
| Cold | 5/28/2013 10:05:00 PM |
Description: Phillies third baseman Michael Young came into Tuesday's game against Boston 0-for-21 over his last five games. He only had one hit Tuesday, but it was a solo homer. | Insight: Young was batting .296 prior to this current cold streak, but his average is down to .258. Just 11 of his 46 hits went for extra bases, and he has 11 RBI in 51 games. | | |
| 5/4/2013 3:45:00 PM |
Description: Phillies third baseman Michael Young is not in Saturday's starting lineup against Miami. | Insight: Young is batting a stellar .333, but without much power. His .814 OPS includes just one home run and five extra base hits. | | |
| 4/26/2013 12:15:00 PM |
Description: Phillies third baseman Michael Young is 4-for-5 with two home runs against Mets right-hander Dillon Gee. | Insight: Obviously an extremely small sample size, but just as obviously he sees the ball well out of Gee's hand. Add in a .312 batting average and you have a recipe for success. | | |
| 4/21/2013 10:56:00 AM |
Description: Phillies third baseman Michael Young is 11-for-27 (.407) with two doubles, a homer and three walks in his career versus St. Louis starter Jake Westbrook. | Insight: Most of those at-bats likely came when Westbrook was a member of the Indians. Young is hitting .333 and has hit safely in 11 straight games, but has just one hit in each of his last nine, so he's not exactly tearing the cover off the ball. Still, Westbrook hasn't been able to contain Young, so the veteran infielder is a solid play Sunday. | | |
| 4/9/2013 10:08:00 PM |
Description: Philadelphia third baseman Michael Young collected three hits, including a home run, and two RBIs in four at-bats Tuesday versus the Mets. | Insight: Prior to Tuesday, six of Young's seven hits this season were singles, but he tripled in addition to homering. | | |
| 4/7/2013 7:21:00 PM |
Description: Philadelphia third baseman Michael Young went 4-for-5 Sunday in a loss to Kansas City. | Insight: Only one of Young's seven hits this season has gone for extra bases. He's a .300 lifetime hitter so at least fantasy owners have that to look forward to. | | |
| 4/7/2013 9:54:00 AM |
Description: Phillies third baseman Michael Young is just 5-for-29 (.172) against Royals starter James Shields. | Insight: Young has started off 3-for-16 with four walks and five strikeouts. He faces a steep challenge in Shields on Sunday. | | |
| 12/29/2012 4:28:00 PM |
Description: Phillies infielder Michael Young will not participate in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, neither for Team USA or Mexico. He wants to spend the entire spring in camp with his new team. SOURCE: Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com | Insight: Young played for Team USA in 2006 but he's also elgible to play for Mexico because his mother is of Mexican descent. At age 36 and coming off his worst season since 2002, Young really doesn't need any extra mileage on his odometer so it's good to hear he'll be focusing entirely on the Phillies this spring. | | |
| 12/8/2012 4:08:00 PM |
Description: Texas has traded infielder Michael Young to the Phillies in exchange for relievers Josh Lindblom and Lisalverto Bonilla. | Insight: This fills the hole left by Placido Polanco at third base. He can also play first, second and shortstop if the Phillies need him to. Young's 2012 season was nothing to write home about (.277, 8 HR, 67 RBI) but a year earlier he hit .338 with a career-high 106 RBI. | | |
| 12/8/2012 11:21:00 AM |
Description: According to T.R. Sullivan from MLB.com, Rangers infielder Michael Young has waived his no-trade clause and is willing to accept a deal to the Phillies. | Insight: The deal could become official later today. It's a clever move for Philadelphia after the team missed out on signing top free agents B.J. Upton and Angel Pagan earlier this offseason. Young provides veteran leadership, an above average bat (.301 career hitter) and the versatility to play several different positions. That should come in handy when Ryan Howard and Chase Utley inevitably get hurt again next season. | | |
| 9/23/2012 10:59:00 AM |
Description: Rangers infielder Michael Young is hitting .329 with three homers and 11 RBIs in September and he'll face a pitcher Sunday that he's always had success against in Jason Vargas. | Insight: Young is 13-for-33 (.394) with two doubles, one homer and six RBIs against Vargas so owners who have held onto Young despite his struggles this season should play him Sunday. | | |
| 9/16/2012 11:01:00 AM |
Description: Rangers infielder Michael Young is hitting an embarrassing .083 for his career against Mariners righthander Blake Beavan. | Insight: Young has underachieved this season (.270, 7 HR, 62 RBI) and should be avoided in fantasy Sunday versus Seattle. | | |
| 9/9/2012 10:34:00 AM |
Description: Fantasy owners should avoid using Texas infielder Michael Young Sunday against Tampa Bay. The veteran is only a .192 hitter for his career against Rays starter James Shields. | Insight: Young is hitting .267 this season, 71 points lower than the average he finished with in 2011. He has also produced 47 fewer RBI than he did a year ago. | | |
| 9/6/2012 11:27:00 AM |
Description: If Rangers utility man Michael Young is on your fantasy team, Thursday would be the day to start him. He's batting .500 in 10 lifetime at bats against Royals starter Luke Hochevar. | Insight: At age 35, Young isn't the dominant fantasy commodity that he used to be, though his positional flexibility is certainly a plus and he's been known to hit well against lefties (.319 in 141 at bats this season). Hochevar hasn't been anything special this year (7-13, 5.34 ERA) so it's definitely safe to plug Young (.267, 6 HR, 57 RBI) into your starting lineup Thursday for the series finale. | | |
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