Can the Rangers and Michael Young work out their differences?
Truth be told, both parties better hope they can. Young has requested a trade after being told he would be moved to third base this season. The Rangers do not have to honor Young’s request, and they’d find it tough to anyway, considering his contract, which runs through 2013, is already an albatross. 7. How will the Mets round out their rotation? Watching Lowe join the rival Braves had to sting. Now the Mets have to sort through a group of inferior pitchers including Oliver Perez, Randy Wolf, Pedro Martinez and Jon Garland as they look for a fifth starter. All the bullpen upgrades in the world aren’t going to mean much if the rotation is in shambles by July. 8. Will these familiar faces be able to find work? Martinez. Nomar Garciaparra. Frank Thomas. Ivan Rodriguez. Jeff Kent. Jim Edmonds. Tom Glavine. Many of them will wind up in Cooperstown someday. None of them have a big league job right now. There’s a good chance at least a few of them will be forced into early retirement due to l
