The Twins and Delmon Young agreed to a one-year, arbitration-avoiding deal. It’s for $5.375 million, which is a tad less than the midpoint between Young’s filing number ($6.25 million) and the Twins’ filing number ($4.65 million).
Young had a something of a breakout year last year, hitting .298/.333/.493 with 21 homers and 112 RBI, but the Twins don’t seem to be completely sold on him as a long term fixture. He wasn’t especially lucky on balls in play last year, but at the same time he continues to swing at everything you throw at him and that doesn’t bode well for sustained success.
