Oh, I know in the 2 years prior to last he was pretty good. His defense in really good, he hits home runs, and steals bases. Although you do have to take some of that WAR with a grain of salt. That is 7th out of NL only teams, plus it was for 3 years. That leaves out guys like Dexter Fowler, John Jay, and Bryce Harper. Plus there are guys like Matt Kemp who had 1 bad year in that time. So I would put him in that timeframe top 20, maybe 15 (out of what, 50 players). Yet last year was his worst out of the 3. Hence my statement that he isn't that good. Yet still much, much better than Stubbs.
With all that said, Young is exactly what this team needed. A guy who would be a clear improvement, on a 2 year contract (perfect timeframe for the new guy being groomed for CF), DBacks willing to send money with him, and did not cost much player wise. Yet the Reds let the A's have him for some used jockstraps. The only hope I have is the DBacks were stuck on getting a SS, and for some reason think Pennington is the answer (the answer to what, I don't know). The Reds only have Didi to offer there, and they would not deal Cozart. Of course I bet Didi could be as good as Pennington's worthless ass. He makes Drew Stubbs look like Babe Ruth at the plate, and his defense is only ok.
Why can't the Reds turn their piece of shit players into something useful like this?
