Late September, he was sentenced by a Michigan court to one year of probation for assaulting his ex-girlfriend. Last summer, the troubled former All-Star spent 30 days at a rehabilitation center for depression and alcohol abuse. He was not invited to the team's Spring Training camp.
Young, 33, batted .250 last season in Detroit, bringing in 23 runs with seven longballs in 48 games. He has a .289 career average with 154 home runs and 599 RBIs over parts of 11 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Tigers.
Young enjoyed his best season in 2001, when he hit .302 with 21 homers and 69 RBIs for the Reds, where Bowden was general manager at the time.
The Nats also agreed to a minor league contract with third baseman Tony Batista on Tuesday, sans Spring Training invite.
Batista, 33, was released by the Minnesota Twins in June, mainly for not being that great of a baseball player. He batted .236 with five home runs in 50 games for the club and is a career .251 hitter.
Umm... why? Discuss.
[Detroit Free Press]
4 comments:
Tony can slam the ball, that's it...
He's a bench guy at this point.
I'm a Nationals' season ticket holder and trust me when I say that the RFK stadium concession stand infrastructure cannot handle these two men at the same time.
I'm not sure if anyone can handle that afro.
Batista is one of the more worthless player out there, coming from a Twins fan who suffered through watching him attempt to play last year.
LOL - Steve. Oh man, I have season tix to the Nats and O's, so I know exactly what you mean in more ways than one.
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