I guess am one of the few here who doesn't think Dmitri Young is a bad player. Consider that the Tigers offense is the worst in MLB by far and is filled with AAA players. Do you think opposing pitchers will let a proven career .300 batter like Young beat them? No; they are pitching around Dmitri. He's been hot with the bat lately. He's had a few monster games : 5-5 with 2HR, 2 3B, 1 1B and one where he was a homer short of the cycle. Dmitri Young is not a bad player. He is playing 3B when a left-hander is on the mound, but most nights he is the DH or LF.

Delmon Young worked out for the D-Rays recently and the papers said he was hitting line shots all over the field. The Tigers were in town playing the D-Rays and our scouting director watched him as well. Everyone was really impressed. He looks like the real deal.

You may get your wish if Loewen doesn't sign with the Orioles. In a draft chat Baseball America said that the Devil Rays are considering only Delmon Young, Rickie Weeks and Ryan Harvey regardless of whether Loewen returns to the draft. The speculation is that Rickie Weeks is the favorite and the Devil Rays have certainly focused on position players of late (even though their pitching is awful.) Sources have said that the chances of the O's signing Loewen are 50/50. The Orioles owner, Peter Angelos, doesn't want to pay more than 2.5 million to him unless a strong case is made to go over that amount because of all of the money Angelos has paid out to pitchers that have amounted to nothing. Loewen wants 3.9 million at the least. My guess it that it goes down to the last minute whether he signs or doesn't.

I think Loewen would be a good pick up for the Brewers. He is certainly worthy of the number two pick in the draft and you seem to have more offense in your organization than pitching.