Despite being thrown into world of ugly trade rumors, Michael Young arrived at Spring Training with the Texas Rangers and was happy to be there.

“After all this stuff, I’m a baseball player,” Young said. “This is what I love to do, this is what I am passionate about doing. I’m excited to be here. I want to now just go out and play. After all this stuff is done, there’s a season to be played.”

Richard Durrett of ESPNDallas reports that Young had spoken with club president Nolan Ryan several times and had honest discussions.   However, the infielder did not answer any questions regarding a possible trade or if he still wanted to be traded.

“The unfortunate part about this is there’s probably a handful of people that know all the details here and the rest of those details aren’t going to come from me,” Young said. “I’ve been fortunate to have some candid and truthful conversations with Nolan that I’m grately appreciative of. He knows exactly where I’m at. I’ve spared no details. I know where he’s at. Apart from that, I’m not going to talk about anything trade related. Now that we’re here at spring training, one thing I’ll never do is disrupt my teammates preparation for the season. I think the more said about this issue could potentially do that and that’s not the kind of teammate I am.”