Rays recalled OF/DH Delmon Young from Double-A Montgomery. Still just 27-years-old, Young returns to the place where he made his Major League debut in 2006. Before getting released by the Phillies in mid-August, he was hitting .261/.302/.397 with eight homers, 31 RBI and a 69/14 K/BB ratio in 272 at-bats. The reigning ALCS MVP, Young has shown the ability to get hot and carry a team in the postseason.

Rays signed OF Delmon Young to a minor league contract; assigned him to Double-A Montgomery. Young got released by the Phillies last Wednesday and was almost immediately tied to the Rays, the team that drafted him first overall in 2003. Young hit just .261/.302/.397 in 80 games with Philadelphia and probably won't suddenly catch fire if he makes it to Tampa Bay.

Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports that there "appears to be mutual interest and conversations" between the Rays and Delmon Young. Topkin notes that Young "would welcome the chance to rejoin his original team", and the Rays "could use another right-handed bat." It's an interesting potential reunion, but it remains to be seen how useful Young's bat is at this point. He's hitting only .266/.300/.402 since the beginning of 2011 and batted .261/.302/.397 in 80 games with Philadelphia before being released earlier this week.

Phillies released OF Delmon Young. Young was designated for assignment by the Phillies last Friday and declined a spot at Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Wednesday. The 27-year-old is now free to sign with any team for the major league minimum. He batted just .261/.302/.397 in 80 games with Philadelphia.

Phillies designated OF Delmon Young for assignment. Young missed the first month of the season due to injury and then batted just .261/.302/.397 with eight homers over 80 games for the Phillies while playing horrid defense in the outfield. He's still just 27 and will get another chance, but it's hard to see him being a very productive player anymore.

Delmon Young went 3-for-4 with a solo homer in a loss to the Braves on Friday. Young had half of the Phillies' hits on the night. The home run was his eighth of the season and his first since June 26. While the 27-year-old outfielder got off to a really slow start this season, he's hitting .336 over his last 31 games. Still, he's only an option in deeper mixed fantasy leagues.

Delmon Young is 0-for-6 over his last two games. Prior to Wednesday, Young had been Mexico hot, producing a .431/.473/.549 slash line over his previous 14 games. As a free-swinger with less patience than a child watching Lincoln, Young is prone to long spells of ineptness cut with short bursts of transcendence. Batting .268/.323/.419, we aren't proponents of Young's fantasy ability.

Delmon Young went 3-for-6 with a double and six RBI in the Phillies' 16-1 drubbing of the Dodgers on Friday. The brutal defeat ended with Skip Schumaker pitching for the Dodgers. Young became the first player since Houston's Angel Sanchez on Aug. 3, 2010 to drive in six runs without hitting a homer. He's gone 9-for-17 with a homer and eight RBI in his last three games, so it looks like he'll be a fixture in the Phillies lineup for a while longer.

Delmon Young went 2-for-4 with a game-tying two-run homer in the eighth as the Phillies beat the Padres 7-5 in 13 innings Wednesday. The Phillies scored their two runs in the seventh on a double-error from second baseman Logan Forsythe. Young was long gone by then, having been removed in favor of Ben Revere. He entered with a poor .222/.278/.389 line in 144 at-bats, but he helped his case for playing time tonight. The homer came off Luke Gregerson, who was limiting right-handers to a .162 average this season.

Delmon Young went 0-for-3 Sunday against the Mets. Slowly but surely, the former 1st-overall pick is playing himself out of the league and we suspect only minor league offers will be available to him this winter. Young, an ill-tempered atrocious fielder with an increasingly impotent bat, is now hitting .220/.277/.390 with six homers and 17 RBI in 41 games.