Rookie Pitcher- Jason Young

[amietron]

He's #49 on the Colorado Rockies. He's hapa; Japanese and white. American born. Yesterday was his MLB debut. Pitched against the Mets.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030512/capt.1052793919mets_rockies_dxf103.jpg

[lethal]

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-basebl/99-00roster/p-young.jpghttp://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/col/photo/ph_play_mugshot_408221.jpg

Went to Stanford, hometown Berkeley.

The Rockies conducted extensive tests on him to verify his good health before signing him for a franchise-record $2.75 million bonus in 2000. He was the 47th pick in the draft.

Full name: Jason Karlya Young
Born: 09/28/79
Birthplace: Oakland,CA
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 215
Position: P
Bats: Switch Hitter
Throws: Right
College: Stanford

Man, I feel sorry for him though. Pitching in Colorado is a rough thing to do.

[amietron]

He was recruited his sophomore year at Stanford, but stayed until his 3rd year. He's one of my good friends' first cousins.

Maybe you mean Kariya?

[lethal]

Umm...say what?

"Recruited"???

He was drafted in 2000 after his Junior year. He signed after the 2000 baseball season, too late to play ball in 2000.

Baseball rules prohibit the drafting of any player at a 4 year school who has not completed at least 3 season. It would have been impossible for him to be drafted as a sophomore.

Colorado Rockies Bio (http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/col/team/col_player_bio.jsp?frame=mlb&playerid=408221)
Stanford Bio (http://gostanford.ocsn.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/young_jason00.html)
Interview with Jason Young (http://gostanford.ocsn.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/young_jason00.html)

OK, if you want indisputable proof, from the Rockies Bio
Jason Kiriya Young...originally selected by Texas in the 29th round of the 1997 June draft, but opted to go to Stanford...a 1997 graduate of Berkeley (Calif.) High School, he was All-America as a senior and won two team MVP honors...signed by Tom Wheeler.
and
SELECTED in the second round of the 2000 June draft (47th overall).

No, if he graduated HS in 97, he spent 3 years in college before being drafted.
Compiled a 21-5 record with 327 strikeouts in three seasons for the Stanford Cardinal (1998-2000)

Are you sure of your information? And uhh...no, I did not mean Paul Kariya (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1000), the hockey player for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.

[BeTheReds]

No one wants to pitch for colorado since their baseball field is a hitter's park.

His ERA is gonna be very high.

[Faithless]

Took the loss - 5 innings 5 ER (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=230512127)

[amietron]

Originally posted by lethalweapon@May 13 2003, 12:23 PM
Umm...say what?

"Recruited"???

He was drafted in 2000 after his Junior year. He signed after the 2000 baseball season, too late to play ball in 2000.

Baseball rules prohibit the drafting of any player at a 4 year school who has not completed at least 3 season. It would have been impossible for him to be drafted as a sophomore.

Colorado Rockies Bio (http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/col/team/col_player_bio.jsp?frame=mlb&playerid=408221)
Stanford Bio (http://gostanford.ocsn.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/young_jason00.html)
Interview with Jason Young (http://gostanford.ocsn.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/young_jason00.html)

OK, if you want indisputable proof, from the Rockies Bio

and


No, if he graduated HS in 97, he spent 3 years in college before being drafted.


Are you sure of your information? And uhh...no, I did not mean Paul Kariya (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1000), the hockey player for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
His uncle Roger said he was recruited after his sophomore year but he didn't leave until after his junior year. Kariya is Jason's mother's maiden name.

I was going on whatever they told me. Sorry.

[amietron]

The Rockies site is wrong. His middle name is Kariya.

[Korean Hunk]

That's ironic that his middle name is Kariya and yet he's japanese.

Makes me think of Alanis