Cubs Prospect Chesny Young Wins Second Straight Batting Title

Cubs prospect INF/OF Chesny Young wins Southern League Batting Crown, led league in On-Base Percentage

For the second season in a row a Cubs prospect won the Southern League Batting Crown. INF/OF Chesny Young went 1-for-2 in Double-A Tennessee’s season finale and finished the season with a .303 batting average and his second straight batting title.

Chesny Young was the Carolina League batting champ a year ago with High-A Myrtle Beach.

Young is the second Cubs prospect to win the Southern League batting title in the last two seasons. Willson Contreras led the Southern League in hitting last year with a .333 average. Contreras finished last season with a .333/.413/.478 line with 34 doubles, four…