Young’s arrival at Twins camp came just one day after comments came from his former Rays teammate Carl Crawford, which mentioned that Tampa Bay is now more peaceful without Young and fellow rookie outfielder Elijah Dukes. However, the 22-year-old Young said he had not read Crawford’s comments and had no plans to do so. He instead seemed much more concentrated Thursday on looking ahead to his time with the Twins.

As for exactly where Young’s position will be playing when his “second chance” officially starts off on Opening Day at the Metrodome, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said that he still needed to talk to Young about which corner spot he will likely take up in the outfield.