TheBaseballStars

I have three Chris Young on my team. The more aware of you might say, “But there are only two Chris Youngs playing in the majors.” Oh, but let me explain:

1. The tall, goofy-looking pitcher in San Diego who reached 160 Ks the last two years, yet got rocked for seven runs in three inning by the Dodgers (of all teams!) in his last start. But he’s not the subject here. I’m just bitter.

2. The young leadoff hitter for the Diamondbacks who had four home runs and six RBI in his first seven games and signed a five-year, $28 million deal because of that and his nearly 30-30 rookie campaign.

3. The young leadoff hitter for the Diamondbacks who struck out six times in his 11 at-bats after re-upping with Arizona and has exactly four hits since. He might reach 160 Ks this year too.
I’m proud to own 1 and 2, but 3 … 3 drives me crazy.

I’m really starting to believe that there are indeed three Chris Youngs. That Arizona has some type of “Twins” thing going with — the 32-homer, 27-stolen base guy being Arnold and the guy who struck out 141 times last year being Devito. And that they platoon them just to irk fantasy owners who love Chris Young for a week, then want to go all Leyland on him the next.

I’m sure Chris Young will show me — he’ll probably hit a few homers this week, steal some bases, score some runs — all that. And he’ll do it on my bench, then I’ll feel compelled to start him again and he’ll let me down again.

It’s a vicious cycle.

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