Delmon Young, RF, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Since being drafted first overall in the 2003 draft it really has been a matter of when, not if, Delmon Young will be a dominant offensive force in MLB. If it wasn’t for a very hesitant and limp front office over the last couple of years in Tampa, Young would not have had such a monster season in the minors but would have been ripping the ball in big league parks.
Upon signing after the draft Young stated that he would be with the D-Rays within his first pro season and has grown increasingly frustrated with his lack of opportunities to strut his stuff at the top level and with good reason as many commentators have stated that he is the best hitter in the entire organisation including the likes of Aubrey Huff and Carl Crawford.
The most impressive thing about him is how he makes adjustments and how he rises to the challenges laid before him. Before last season he was told he could probably steal more bags than he had been and responded by nearly having a 40/40 season.
After struggling a little in his first few weeks he soon had to be moved up to Double A in order to get any sort of challenge. He can take the ball out of any field to any part of the park and if he’s not Rookie of the Year in ‘06 then someone must have done something amazing or he must have gotten injured. This kid is like Mount St Helens, waiting to erupt and spread carnage throughout America.
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