6.19.18 5-foot-11, 195-pound frame. Young is a switch hitting catcher with a compact swing from both sides of the plate. From the left-side he has early rhythm with his load and stride, he loads back over his back foot with his body and his hands to work behind the baseball, has a crouched set up in the box, and made hard contact to right field taking aggressive swings. From the right side he had similar actions with early rhythm in his load and stride, was strong at the point of contact and flashed gap power to the left-center gap in BP. Young works in-line to second base with his feet from behind the plate, and made throws on line around the bag. His pop times ranged from 2.25-2.37 with 71 mph velocity. Young ran a 7.92 laser-timed 60.
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5-foot-11, 195-pound frame. Young is a switch hitting catcher with a compact swing from both sides of the plate. From the left-side he has early rhythm with his load and stride, he loads back over his back foot with his body and his hands to work behind the baseball, has a crouched set up in the box, and made hard contact to right field taking aggressive swings. From the right side he had similar actions with early rhythm in his load and stride, was strong at the point of contact and flashed gap power to the left-center gap in BP. Young works in-line to second base with his feet from behind the plate, and made throws on line around the bag. His pop times ranged from 2.25-2.37 with 71 mph velocity. Young ran a 7.92 laser-timed 60.