Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Chavez Young was born July 8, 1997, in Freeport, Bahamas. He is an outfielder in the MLB.

Young moved to the United States when he was 15, and attended Faith Baptist Christian Academy in Brandon, Florida for two years. 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. He was assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays and batted .274 with six runs batted in (RBI) and six stolen bases in 21 games played. Young played the 2017 season with the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays and Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians. In 67 total games, he hit .283 with four home runs and 30 RBI.