Chris Young


	Chris Young is tall.

Career stats: Baseball-Reference.com
2009 opening day age: 29
2009 salary: $4,625,000
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.

2009 projections (Bill James Handbook): 10-7, 3.37 ERA, 137 strikeouts and 59 walks in 153 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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