Alex Young was taken in the second round of the 2015 but didn’t really do much in the minors his first few years. Suddenly, in 2019, his strikeouts skyrocketed in AAA, which was made more impressive by keeping his homers down (0.99 HR/9 vs the ~1.37 HR/9 league average for the PCL). This led to a rather unexpected call-up for a spot start in San Francisco, largely due to not being remotely close to any top 100 prospects list. Suddenly, it’s a few weeks later and Alex Young just made his third start, another 1-run performance AT the hitter-friendly Texas Rangers stadium (which actually has a higher 1-year park factor than Colorado so far this season, per FanGraphs).
Early Observations on Alex Young
