[DELMON YOUNG] Delmon Young One Of Worst Hitters In AL

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FanHouse found this 5/18/2008 on www.raysindex.com [flag]
Jim Souhan has a very telling headline in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: "Muscular singles hitter is not what we had in mind" . Of course, I don't need to tell you that Souhan is referring to former Devil Dog Delmon Young . Touted as a power hitter, Delmon Young is gettting outslugged by almost all of his new Twins teammates. Actually, Young is getting out-slugged by most of the American ... [link]

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Delmon Young's Road to Cooperstown Hasn't Really Materialized
Published 5/18/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... As Rays Index points out, that's what Young's swing looked like last season. They wonder if his uncoachable personality is at play but I wonder if it's not the opposite. The Twins are last in the AL in walks and next to last in on-base percentage. Young's biggest problem before coming north was his overaggressiveness at the plate. ...

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