Chavez Young | |
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Milwaukee Brewers | |
Outfielder | |
Born: Freeport, Bahamas | July 8, 1997|
Bats: Switch Throws: Right |
Chavez Young (born July 8,1997) is a Bahamian professional baseball outfielder in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.
Young moved to the United States when he was 15,and attended Faith Baptist Christian Academy in Brandon,Florida,for two years. [1] In his final year of high school,Young attended the same school in Ludowici,Georgia,and was selected in the 39th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. [1] [2]
He was assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays upon signing,and batted .274 with six runs batted in (RBI) and six stolen bases in 21 games played. [2] Young played the 2017 season with the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays and Low–A Vancouver Canadians. In 67 total games,he hit .283 with four home runs and 30 RBI. [2]
Chavez was assigned to the Single–A Lansing Lugnuts for the entire 2018 season. He was named a mid-season All-Star after hitting .307 with 18 doubles,two home runs,and 18 stolen bases. [1] [3] In total,Young played in 125 games for the Lugnuts in 2018,and hit .285 with 33 doubles,nine triples,eight home runs,57 RBI,and 44 stolen bases. [2]
Young spent the 2019 season with the High–A Dunedin Blue Jays,playing in 111 games and hitting .247/.315/.354 with 6 home runs,43 RBI,and 24 stolen bases. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]
Young returned to action in 2021 with the Double–A New Hampshire Fisher Cats,playing in 79 games and batting .265/.350/.409 with seven home runs,52 RBI,and 20 stolen bases. [5] He split the 2022 season with the Triple–A Buffalo Bisons,also playing in five games for Dunedin. In 65 games for the Bisons,Young hit .234/.331/.351 with five home runs,21 RBI,and 20 stolen bases. [6]
On January 10,2023,Young was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Zach Thompson. [7] Prior to the MLB regular season,Young was a member of team Great Britain in the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC). He went 1 for 3 with 2 RBIs in Great Britain's 7-5 victory over Colombia on March 13,2023,marking Great Britain's first ever win in the WBC. [8] [9]
Young split the season between the Double–A Altoona Curve and the Triple–A Indianapolis Indians. In 102 total games,he hit a combined .202/.326/.308 with 5 home runs,34 RBI,and 32 stolen bases. He elected free agency following the season on November 6. [10]
On January 22,2024,Young signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. [11]
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