Bring on Another Young

Tigers acquired Delmon Young from the Minnesota Twins in a trade on Monday. They gave up Lester Oliveros (who was the player to be named later) and Cole Nelson, a single A reliever... So who cares?

Clearly it was a salary dump for the Twins, they decided to get something for Young while they could before he went to arbitration, which he's eligible for next season.

The Twins placed Young on waivers and the Tigers claimed him. The Twins then worked out a deal with Detroit and here we are.

Ironically enough, Young made his debut against said Twins. And in his first Tiger at-bat, he homered. Young in his first series as a Tiger showed that he can make an impact with his bat. And frankly anyone out in right field is a better option than Magglio... except Raburn...

But this move is an absolute perfect move for the Tigers. Young was a former number one pick, he's only 25, and last year had a pretty damn good year hitting .298 with 21 home runs and 112 RBIs.

Young has struggled so far this year and has been hampered by injuries, but there's no doubt that hitting front of Cabrera will help Young get those numbers back up.

This move makes the Tigers an even greater front runner for the AL Comedy Central, so long as Leyland doesn't over-manage us out of another division title.