By now, we all know how Michael Young was making news in the off-season.
He had a well-publicized spat with Rangers management, most notably general manager Jon Daniels, and bickered about changing positions for the third time in recent years, this time being moved to "utility man/DH".
But, like the professional he's known to be, he reported to spring training and the issue appeared to be dead. And since the season started, Young has been on a hitting tear.
Now, he is far and away the best hitter on a team that's struggled in the batting average department but has still figured out a way to put runs on the board with fairly good consistency.
Young is showing he's a very capable designated hitter, as he's led the team in average so far with a .356, making him the only regular hitting over .300 (Mike Napoli and the injured Josh Hamilton also are).
He's in the midst of a 14-game hitting streak after picking up a hit on Sunday, which marks the 22nd time in his stellar career that he's had at least a 10-game hitting streak.
When Hamilton broke his arm on a controversial slide and was shelved for two months, someone in the Rangers had to step up in a big way to account for the loss of Hamilton, and so far it's been Adrian Beltre and mostly Young.
