"Garza basically REFUSED to listen to his coaches in MN and was constantly at ends with them, that goes against everything the Twins believe in. There's wasn't a spot on the team for a guy like that, so he made the trade for Young, swapping first rounders."
According to this, Garza was traded because of character problems. I don't remember him fighting with coaches. After googling Garza and fighting, for about 5 minutes, I couldn't find anything. There was an interview conducted by Jonah Keri which he mentions character issues with Garza, so perhaps, that's what you're talking about. However, apparently there was a spot on the Twins for a player who threw his baseball bat at an umpire. He said that he didn't intend to hit the umpire with his bat (I presume he was throwing it in frustration). He was suspended 50 games, no big deal. It's not like he fought with his coaches, that's terrible. That's all fine and good, Garza for Young, fine that's the deal. Oh wait, Bartlett was traded, too? And the Rays threw in Brendan Harris and Jason Pridie? It looks like the Rays are winning that one.
"Young is not nearly as terrible as you make him out to be, he broke out last year, lost weight, and will continue to get better, oh and he's 24 with what, 4 years of experience already? Bartlett couldn't stay healthy and Garza has continued to be a headache, but a good player, ill give him that."
Again, I haven't read much about Garza's character issues beyond fighting with Dioneer Navarro. Bartlett couldn't stay healthy? Well, in the three years post-trade, Young played in 20 more games than Bartlett, so not a knock-down argument.
Young is pretty terrible, I am not a fan. In his career, according to baseballreference he has produced -1.0 WAR. His best season, at 0.8 WAR was better than Bartlett's worse (0.3). In 2009, Bartlett put up a WAR of 5.0. Something Young hasn't even come close to. In fact he hasn't cleared the mark of 1.0 brWAR, in any one season for his career. Beyond that, Young has played 4 years and he hasn't really improved his OBP yet. At a certain point, when do we consider that he's not going to get better but he is what he is? He has nearly 2500 PA, his walk rate has gotten marginally better as well as K rate and his K:BB ratio again marginally improved. Most likely, by the time he realizes his potential he'll be long gone from the Twins, since he hits free agency in 2013.
Again, both Bartlett and Garza outproduced Delmon Young, even in their worst seasons.
I will bet that Young clears the 1.0 WAR mark for the first time this year, but both Bartlett and Garza have better seasons.
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