He played only 89 games in 2009 because of an abdominal tear and a pinched nerve in his back. He missed a month of his MVP season with broken ribs after crashing into an outfield wall making a catch. He was out six weeks last year after he broke a bone in his arm diving headfirst trying to score on a foul popout, and had surgery for a sports hernia after the World Series.
"Josh is a big, strong man and he plays hard," Young said. "If we can figure out a way to keep him on the field for 150, 155-plus games, we're going to be really, really happy with what we see."
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