Delmon Young

[jake_twothousandfive]

189 ABs and 0 HRs. As a Twins fan I was very excited to be landing a potential superstar by getting Delmon Young as part of the Matt Garza trade in the off-season. Besides his lack of power he has preformed pretty much how I expected him to... .270 BA, 8 SBs, and quality defense. Still, almost 200 AB's and no home runs isn't what you'd expect from someone of his ability.

I thought we'd see a 20/20 season from him this year along with an average around .280-.290. I know he's only 22 and has a huge amount of growth potential but I'm starting to wonder when/if he'll turn the corner this year.

Does anyone have any idea what's wrong with him right now??

[OneLoveBoomer]

It's obviously a disappointment. But besides the HRs he's doing okay, so I'm being patient. Well, I just picked him up off waivers, so it's easy to be patient with a freebie.

[AussieDodger]

Million dollar swing and ten cent brain.
Also three cent plate discipline.

[freeling_prideful]

I've written this in some other threads on him, but the ridiculously glaring stat right now is his GB% of around 63%.

Good sluggers are generally in the 35% range, obviously you can't hit homers if you don't get the ball in the air a lot (a few guys are exceptional and can still hit 35 dingers w/ 40-45% GB rates just b/c their raw power is that exceptional that when they really get the bat on the ball it goes a long way). Even Juan Pierre is around 55%, so it's absurd that Delmon almost always puts the ball on the ground.

[MashinSpuds]

Are we looking at David DeJesus the Second here? Wooohaaaaa!

[quefick2]

i had him to and gave him away i was expecting alot also from him i dont know if hes gonna come back this year i think we need to wait on him a little more

[mtxdevil]

i had him to and gave him away i was expecting alot also from him i dont know if hes gonna come back this year i think we need to wait on him a little more

There's something called punctuation...

[AllDay]

i had him to and gave him away i was expecting alot also from him i dont know if hes gonna come back this year i think we need to wait on him a little more

There's something called punctuation...

...and when he start posting at the Punctuation Cafe I'm sure he will be more attentive.

[dweenmachine]

I have to start him today in a H2H league, with no other options because it's Thursday

I've been holding on for some sort of sign, anything, that he'll live up to his potential this year. However, I'm growing more weary every passing day. I think he's next on my drop list if need be...

Please stop sucking, Delmon

14 team H2H, Yahoo
R HR RBI SB AVG OPS; W SV K ERA WHIP QS
C - J. Mauer (R. Doumit (DL))
1B - D. Ortiz (A. Gordon)
2B - B. Roberts (R. Theriot, H. Kendrick (DL))
3B - ARod (A. Gordon)
SS - JRoll (R. Theriot)
OF - Markakis, Pierre, JD Drew (D. Young, Doumit (DL))
UTIL - Best Matchup (Gordon, Theriot, D. Young, Kendrick (DL), Doumit(DL))

SP - J. Beckett (AJ Burnett)
SP - J. Shields (E. Jackson)
RP - T. Saito
RP - B. Wilson
P - J. Rauch
P - J. Sanchez
P - J. Campillo

[Yoda]

He's been a real anchor in my OF dragging down every category.