Talk on the street about the Boston Red Sox targeting pitching this offseason has been so rife lately, that it wouldn’t surprise me at all if you heard they acquired Chris Young and thought it was talking about the 36-year old Kansas Royals reliever/depth starter. Talk of him being a Jackie Bradley replacement wouldn’t be that shocking, after all, Bradley’s hitting prowess in 2014 and for most of 2015 was on par with what one would expect from a pitcher.
Instead we got 32-year old outfielder Chris Young from the New York Yankees, sometimes called “Other Chris Young”, “Young Chris Young”, or “Swing and Miss Young”.