Sonik22
07-05-2005, 05:23 PM
Chris Young, OF, Birmingham (Double-A, Chicago White Sox)
Perhaps the least known in this group, and the oldest at the advanced age of 22, Young has just as much all-around talent. He's the only non-first rounder here, taken in the 16th round by the White Sox in 2001 and he's been moving his way up slowly since.
Young played last year in the South Atlantic League and broke out with 24 homers and 31 steals. He also struck out 145 times and hit .262, showing he still had some work to do in smoothing out the rough edges. A bit surprisingly, the Sox challenged Young by skipping him a level up to Double-A this year. Young has responded with the same power-speed combination he showed in 2004. He had 17 homers and 15 steals in his first 80 games for the Barons. He's still striking out -- 87 K's at last count -- to keep his average at .265, but he's also drawn 41 walks for a respectable .359 OBP.
This is text from minorleaguebaseball.com about the all star futures game. They were talking about a truly talented outfield and there was no Ryan sweeney but there was chris young, who might be and alternate to trading sweeney, but also a guy to watch.
Perhaps the least known in this group, and the oldest at the advanced age of 22, Young has just as much all-around talent. He's the only non-first rounder here, taken in the 16th round by the White Sox in 2001 and he's been moving his way up slowly since.
Young played last year in the South Atlantic League and broke out with 24 homers and 31 steals. He also struck out 145 times and hit .262, showing he still had some work to do in smoothing out the rough edges. A bit surprisingly, the Sox challenged Young by skipping him a level up to Double-A this year. Young has responded with the same power-speed combination he showed in 2004. He had 17 homers and 15 steals in his first 80 games for the Barons. He's still striking out -- 87 K's at last count -- to keep his average at .265, but he's also drawn 41 walks for a respectable .359 OBP.
This is text from minorleaguebaseball.com about the all star futures game. They were talking about a truly talented outfield and there was no Ryan sweeney but there was chris young, who might be and alternate to trading sweeney, but also a guy to watch.