Michael Young has accepted a trade to the Philadelphia Phillies, who shipped right-handed reliever Josh Lindblom and minor league righty Lisalverto Bonilla to the Rangers to complete the deal.

The deal gives Young an opportunity to play more and gives the Rangers another bullpen candidate in Lindblom.

Young had to waive his no-trade clause to get the deal done.

A source said Thursday that the Rangers were going to have to pay at least half of Young's $16 million 2013 salary to complete the deal. Young will receive $1.2 million in "benefits" in exchange for waiving his no-trade clause, a source confirmed to ESPN.

The trade means the 36-year-old Young won't be wearing a Rangers jersey for the first time in his 12-year career. But it also means he's going to a place where he'll get more playing time. It was clear Young's role in Texas was diminishing and he would be on the bench more in 2013 if he stayed.

The 25-year-old Lindblom was 3-5 with a 3.55 ERA in 74 games in 2012, playing for the Dodgers and Phillies. He was traded to Philadelphia at the deadline as part of the Shane Victorino deal. He was selected in the second round of the 2008 draft by the Dodgers.

Bonilla, 22, was 2-1 with a 1.64 ERA in 21 relief appearances in Double-A. He had 12.5 strikeouts per nine innings and 4.6 walks. He started the 2012 campaign in Class A and moved up after posting a 1.35 ERA in 10 games.

Young struggled in 2012, hitting .277, his lowest mark since 2002, his first full season in the majors. He also had a career-low eight homers and a .682 OPS this past season. Young's WAR (wins above replacement) was near the bottom of every-day players in the big leagues this past season as he was the club's primary designated hitter and also spent parts of 86 games at first, second, third or shortstop.

"Because Michael Young has spoiled everyone getting 200 hits every year and hitting .300 every year, by his standards, his year was a little off," Rangers manager Ron Washington said of Young on Wednesday. "You take his standard of what he put together last year and put on a player where the expectations aren't so high, it's not a bad year. By Michael Young's standards maybe you guys see it as a bad year."

Young leaves Texas with his name littered throughout the club's record books.

He's the franchise's all-time hits leader with 2,230, breaking Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez's mark in June 2010. He also tops the club's career numbers in games played (1,823), at-bats (7,399), runs (1,085), singles (1,583), doubles (415), triples (55), total bases (3,286), multihit games (651), strikeouts (1,152) and sacrifice flies (70).

He has a career .301 batting average and 984 RBIs -- both are third-most in Rangers history. He has six seasons of at least 200 hits, including five straight from 2003-07.

Young lived through a gaggle of last-place finishes before the club's recent success. He had appeared in 1,508 career regular-season games before Game 1 of the AL Division Series on Oct. 6, 2010, at Tampa Bay, the second-most games without a playoff appearance of any active player at the time.