***Official 2007-2008 MLB Offseason Thread***

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I just find Young's walkrate over the last two years to be terribly alarming.

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Obviously it's a red flag and Young is not the sure fire HOFer that some people made him out to be. Still, thanks to his tools, he's still got a bunch of superduperstar at the top of his range, it's just no lock. His floor is pretty high also. For example, his EV is still greater than guys like Adam Jones and Jay Bruce while those guys EV is greater than Garza.

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Meh. EV isn't that important with prospects. Also you seem fixated on "toolsy" guys. Not dudes who play baseball really good. Which seems a much better indicator of success.

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???? EV isn't important? How can you look at anything but EV when evaluating a player? You can put the wieght wherever you want (future, now..etc), but it's all just EV.

Tools=ceiling. That gives you two things you like in an unproven commoditiy-a higher EV and more superstar outcomes.

What is it about Delmon Young that leads you to think he doesn't play baseball really good? Because he had a bad year in the show at age 21? Young is light years ahead of just about everybody entering their age 22 season in terms of baseball skill. It's not like the Rays traded him for a 27 year old in the prime of his career. This is a 24 year old pitcher with 130 big league innings under his belt!