Chris Young


	Chris Young is tall.

Career stats: Baseball-Reference.com
2008 opening day age: 28
2008 salary: $2.5 million
2009 salary: $4.5 million
2010 salary: $6.25 million
Contract status: Young signed a four-year, $14.5 million contract, including a $8.5 million team option for 2011, on April 10, 2007.
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.

2008 projections (Bill James Handbook): 13-8, 3.34 ERA, 166 strikeouts and 68 walks in 186 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 (April 11, 2007)

Chris Young's Japan Blog -- Chris Young, MLB.com (2006)

Greg Maddux plus Randy Johnson equals Chris Young -- Bob Nightengale, USA Today (July 6, 2006)

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