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I don't think Young or Soriano are very good options (or realistic).
Young IS Jeff Francoeur. Terrible plate discipline, swings at everything, sometimes gets red-hot and rakes. He also is atrocious defensively. He was too bad defensively to play the OF for the Tigers. A team that is fine with committing long-term to Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder at the corners, with the RANGY Jhonny Peralta at shortstop.
That says a lot about Young's defense (or lack thereof). I don't think he'd be an upgrade over Francoeur in any way but salary.
Soriano is intriguing at $5 million/per, but he's old and isn't good defensively in LF. Hard to imagine him being studly in RF (though I think his arm is good enough for it).
Signing a guy or two like Nady as depth is probably the best bet at this point.
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