Michael Young willing to DH.
The implications of this whole Adrian Beltre/Michael Young thing already had my head ready to explode the last two days, and now there's this, in the last few minutes from Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News: Rangers infielder Michael Young said Monday night he is willing to move positions for the second time in three years and the third time since 2004 if it helps the Rangers land Adrian Beltre. Upon returning from a 10-day trip to California, Young acknowledged that Rangers officials reached out to him in the last couple of days to ask him about moving to DH if the club landed Beltre. "I'll do what I have to do to stay on this team." Young said. "I'm happy to be here and proud to be part of this team. I want to stay a part of it. If it means getting the bulk of my at-bats as the DH, then that's what I'll do." The Rangers have proposed to Young the possibility of moving into a DH/super utility player role that would allow the club to get Beltre, while also allowing him to play several infield positions in addition to DH duties. Young began his major league career with three years at second, then spent five years at short and the last two at third. He is the only player in history to start at least 130 games in a season at second, third and short. MLB.com's T. R. Sullivan has weighed in as well (noting "Young's willingness to accommodate the team could pave the way for a deal for Beltre"), as have Jeff Wilson (Young: "My motivation is to play for a winning team and to be extremely productive. And I want to do that with the Rangers.") and Richard Durrett (Young: "I want to do what's best for a winning team. That's always been the case and it always will be. I'm willing to do what I need to do to help this team."). It's never boring with this team.


