Twins, Delmon Young avoid arbitration with one-year, $5.375 deal
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Just 24 hours before pitchers and catchers report to Fort Myers, the Minnesota Twins have tied up the last of their loose roster strings.
Outfielder Delmon Young has agreed to a one-year, $5.375 million contract, avoiding arbitration. Young had filed for $6.2 million, and the Twins initially offered $4.6 million.
Young, 25, had a breakout season offensively in 2011, hitting .298/.333/.493 with 21 home runs and 112 RBIs.





