Former Lakeshore Chinook Alex Young Debuts with the Diamondbacks
June 28, 2019 - Northwoods League (Northwoods) News Release
Rochester, Minn. - Former Lakeshore Chinook Alex Young, made his Major League debut for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday, June 27, 2019. Young is the 222nd former Northwoods League player to reach the Major League level.
Young, who played collegiately at Texas Christian University, played for the Lakeshore Chinooks in 2013. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2nd round of the 2015 MLB draft.
Young pitched in four games for the Chinooks in 2013 and was 0-0 with a 2.32 ERA. He had 21 strikeouts in 19.1 innings and walked nine.
Young began his minor league career in 2015 with the Diamondbacks Rookie level team in the Arizona League. After one game he moved on to the Hillsboro Hops of the Short-Season A Northwest League. Between the two clubs he appeared in seven games and was 0-0 with a 1.29 ERA. He struck out six batters in 7.0 innings pitched and walked one.
In 2016 Young began the year with the Kane County Cougars of the Lo-A Midwest League. After nine games in Kane County he was promoted to the Visalia Rawhide of the Hi-A California League. For the season he was a combined 5-8 with a 3.56 ERA. He struck out 93 batters in 118.2 innings pitched and walked 37.
Young moved up to the Jackson Generals of the AA Southern League for the 2017 season. He appeared in 27 games with 24 of those being starts. He was 9-9 with a 3.68 ERA and struck out 103 batters in 137 innings pitched and had a 1.336 WHIP.
For the 2018 season, Young began the year in Jackson and then was promoted after nine games to the Reno Aces of the AAA Pacific Coast League. He would pitch in 29 games that season and compiled a 10-5 record. He struck out a career high 109 batters in 130.2 innings pitched and had a 5.17 ERA.
Prior to being called up by the Diamondbacks, Young had appeared in 20 games with Reno and had a record of 4-3 with a 6.09 ERA. He had 64 strikeouts in 54.2 innings pitched and had walked 26.
In his Major League debut, Young started the game and was the winning pitcher as the Diamondbacks defeated the San Francisco Giants by a final score of 5-1. Young pitched five innings, allowing one run on three hits with five strikeouts.
Northwoods League Stories from June 28, 2019
- Rox Split Series against Waterloo, Open Home Series Saturday - St. Cloud Rox
- Stingers Back on Top - Willmar Stingers
- Chinooks Top Green Bay Booyah - Lakeshore Chinooks
- Mallards Rout Dock Spiders 11-3 - Madison Mallards
- Rafters Come Back to Top Woodchucks - Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
- Bombers Drop Second of Two to Pit Spitters - Battle Creek Battle Jacks
- Dock Spiders Split with Mallards - Fond du Lac Dock Spiders
- Woodchucks Unable to Repeat Last Night's Victory over Rafters - Wausau Woodchucks
- Pit Spitters Sweep Bombers, Scoring 14 in Finale Win - Traverse City Pit Spitters
- Huskies Drop Game Two 8-1 - Duluth Huskies
- Huskies go 4-2 over the 5th week of the season - Duluth Huskies
- Mallards Rebrand for Thursday Games in July - Madison Mallards
- Rafters Look to Rebound in Finale with Woodchucks - Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
- Mallards Gear up for an Eight Game Road Trip - Madison Mallards
- Former Lakeshore Chinook Alex Young Debuts with the Diamondbacks - Northwoods
- Pronschinske, Filby Help Lead the Loggers Past Eau Claire 6-3 - La Crosse Loggers
- Offensive Explosion in Madison - Fond du Lac Dock Spiders
- Booyah Shutout at Home Versus Lakeshore - Green Bay Rockers
- Dock Spiders Prevailing Offense Crushes the Mallards - Madison Mallards
- Bucks Fall 5-3 to Rox - Waterloo Bucks
- St. Cloud Beats Waterloo, Claims First Place in the Great Plains West Division - St. Cloud Rox
- Stingers Lose to Bismarck - Willmar Stingers
- Rafters Drop Game One against Woodchucks - Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
