A few seasons after signing Chris Young the pitcher, the Mets have signed Chris Young the outfielder.
I feel like (and I’m sure I could find articles as sources for this) the Mets have been linked to Young so many times over the last 4 years that it was inevitable that he would eventually become a Met, or maybe that was the other Chris Young…
Anyway, Chris Young the outfielder has signed a one year deal with the Mets for 7.25 million to figure out how to bring back his career which has progressed like:
- 2006 – 30 G, 2 HR, 2 SB, .243 BA
- 2007 – 148 G, 32 HR, 27 SB, .237 BA
- 2008 – 160 G, 22 HR, 14 SB, .248 BA
- 2009 – 134 G, 15 HR, 11 SB, .212 BA
- 2010 – 156 G, 27 HR, 28 SB, .257 BA
- 2011 – 156 G, 20 HR, 22 SB, .236 BA
- 2012 – 101 G, 14 HR, 8 SB, .231 BA
- 2013 – 107 G, 12 HR, 10 SB, .200 BA
Not really much of a pattern. Most likely Chris Young projects to be in a platoon with someone in the outfield, which depends on if the Mets sign another outfielder, which is still probable, especially if they move Davis.
This is not a splashy move, but its a move in the positive direction for a player who could still have something left in the tank (low risk deal). Of course, if this ends up being the only signing, then that would be pretty disappointing.
If the Mets can get 10-15 homers from him playing more than half the season, then this will look pretty good (as long as he can keep the strikeouts down)
…. I never imagined the 3,000th article on this site would be about Chris Young the outfielder. Back when this blog first started, in 2007, that would have been exciting news…
