Chris Young
starter | throws: right | bats: right | height: 6-10 | weight: 260 | born: 05.25.79

Chris Young
Chris Young is tall.
Career stats: Baseball-Reference.com
2010 age: 31
2010 salary: $6.25 million
Contract status: Young signed a four-year, $14.5 million contract on April 10, 2007. The Padres have a team option for 2011 at $8.5 million. | Associated Press
In the show: Rangers (2004-05), Padres (2006-present)
How he was acquired: The Padres traded Adam Eaton, Akinori Otsuka and Billy Kilian to the Rangers for Young, Adrian Gonzalez and Terrmel Sledge on Jan. 6, 2006.

2010 projections (Bill James Handbook): 6-5, 3.48 ERA, 87 strikeouts and 41 walks in 101 innings

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  • All-Star (2007)

    The Chris Young Library

  • All the Pitchers Who Wouldn’t Fit: S-Z | Rob Neyer, robneyer.com (Sept. 29, 2007)
  • Newcombe enhances Young’s appreciation for Jackie | Jeff Bradley, ESPN The Magazine (2007)
  • Chris Young’s Japan Blog | Chris Young, MLB.com (2006)
  • Greg Maddux plus Randy Johnson equals Chris Young | Bob Nightengale, USA Today (2006)
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