Michael Young News

Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 and struck out 10, Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer and the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Monday night.

Growing up in Vancouver and making his offseason home in London, Ontario, Rockies left-hander Jeff Francis finds extra significance any time he heads north of the border to face the Blue Jays.

Injuries to key contributors have kept the Texas Rangers' offense from being as dynamic as it can be, and so have some of the pitchers they have been facing this month.

Is David Murphy the Michael Young of the 2013 Rangers -- the player Ron Washington is starting every day despite poor performance? Something I've seen on Twitter and in the comments here at LSB of late is the theory that David Murphy is the 2013 version of Michael Young from last year.

In fact, Charlie Manuel hasn't penciled Howard's name in any spot but fourth in his starting lineup in nearly 5 years.

When the Texas Rangers traded veteran face-of-the-franchise Michael Young to Philadelphia in the off-season, they didn't do it with the thought that the return for Young would have an impact on their season relatively early, and potentially often.

The Texas Rangers have continued to impress as an organization over the last few years, even after the departure of familiar faces like Michael Young, C.J. Wilson, Mike Napoli and Josh Hamilton over that time frame.

So the Indians lost again, and again couldn't get to a pitcher that on paper they should have gotten to.

The Phillies have been a frustrating pile of experienced players with winning pasts that just can't seem to put anything together 64 games into the 2013 season.

Lance Berkman was brought in over the winter with the hope he would help replace the production of Josh Hamilton, who departed for the rival Angels.

The Tribe try to finish this roadtrip without plunging further below the median mark by taking on the AL West favorite Texas Rangers .

Former Harrison Raider and Purdue Boilermaker Josh Lindblom will make the second Major League start of his career on Monday when he toes the rubber against the Cleveland Indians.

In the week leading up to Thursday's first round of the MLB Draft, Phillies officials indicated they'd likely go for a more polished and major league ready player rather than a high school project with the 16th overall pick.

The last time 36-year-old Michael Young hit leadoff, he was just 27 and in his fourth full season in the major leagues.

Michael Young doesn't remember much of last Tuesday's 3-1 win in Boston. He actually homered over the Green Monster that day, but that didn't matter.

Chris Davis is living up to the nickname he was tagged with five years ago during his rookie season with the Texas Rangers.

Memorial Day has always meant the true start of the pennant races; it just so happens that it coincides with the one-third point of the season, and by now some trends are clear, early leaders have been established, and there are unexpected surprises, both hopeful and disappointing.

Josh Hamilton doesn't really stay up to date with what's going on in baseball. He doesn't watch MLB Network, he doesn't scroll Twitter for updates -- heck, he doesn't even have Internet access on his cell phone.

Sunday afternoon's 13-inning, 4-3 loss to the Mariners could probably be argued for as the worst of 2013, but it has a lot less to do with the way - Nick Tepesch pitched a very strong game that, sans one mistake to Kendrys Morales , could have looked very good.

The Philadelphia Phillies are no longer a dominant team. That's an undeniable fact.