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Kyle Young, a promising Phillies southpaw prospect, has retired.
The Philadelphia Phillies organization recently received surprising news, as one of their promising pitching prospects, the left-handed throwing Kyle Young, retired from professional baseball.
The Phillies drafted the 7-foot-tall Young in the 22nd round of the 2016 draft out of St. Dominic High School in New York. He immediately adjusted and excelled, going 3-0 with a 2.67 ERA, 19-2 strikeouts-to-walks ratio, and 0.926 WHIP with the GCL Phillies to finish that year’s season.
In 2017, Young continued to shine; spanning 13 starts, he went 7-2 with a 2.