Delmon Young, the Twins RBI leader from a year ago avoided arbitration today by signing a one year deal worth $5.375 million. I believe this is a good deal for the Twins. On the basis of Delmon's 2.1 WAR on Fangraphs. Fangraphs calculated the worth of each win to be $4.5 m / win (win values explained here), so with those calculations Young was worth $9.45 m last year. This deal could be a steal for the Twins this year if Delmon actually "got it" last year like it seemed, with his ISO going from .l42 to .195, this means he was hitting the ball harder then he has ever done so in the Major's. Delmon also cut down his K% from 23.3% to 16.2%, which still is high, but not so high that it hurts his value substantially. Young did all this while his BABIP dropped from .338 to .312. So all in all he lost some luck but hit for more power than he ever has in the Major Leagues.
I believe Delmon will continue to improve as a player because he is still young (24) and he has shown that with some patience and some more plate discipline he can be a real force in the Twins line-up for years to come.
-B
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