Young honored
Rays RF Delmon Young finished a distant second in the AL Rookie of the Year voting to Boston 2B Dustin Pedroia, but he was a unanimous selection to the Topps Rookie All-Star Team.
Young was one of five players chosen unanimously in a poll of major-league managers; the others were Dodgers 1B James Loney, Brewers 3B Ryan Braun, D'backs OF Chris Young and Astros OF Hunter Pence.
The full squad:
1B James Loney, Los Angeles (N.L) (98 games, 15 HR, 67 RBI, .331)
2B Dustin Pedroia, Boston (139, 8, 50, .317)
3B Ryan Braun, Milwaukee (113, 34, 97, .324)
SS Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado (155, 24, 99, .291)
OF Delmon Young, Tampa Bay (162, 13, 93, .288)
OF Chris Young, Arizona (148, 32, 68, .237)
OF Hunter Pence, Houston (108, 17, 69, .322)
C Carlos Ruiz, Philadelphia (115, 6, 54, .259)
RHP Brian Bannister, Kansas City (165 IP, 12-9, 3.87, 77 K, 44 BB)
LHP Hideki Okajima, Boston (69 IP, 3-2, 2.22, 63 K, 17 BB)
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When the career's of all these players' listed on this All Star Rookie are over, I'll venture to say DY overall numbers will stack very well if not better than most / all of them.
No other player played in every game & have the five tools that Delmon has.
Ahh, the future is so bright around here, I need a pair of UV tinted Maddon glasses just to block some glare and gleam from the sunbursting Glint & sunhiny Rays.
What another great day in St. Pete!!!!
Posted by: Demitri Forever Young | November 28, 2007 at 01:16 PM