The nephew of Dmitri and Delmon Young is now a professional baseball player.
And he's got quite the big upside after the Minnesota Twins made him a second-round pick on Sunday night.
Quentin Young is his name, and he's a high school shortstop. And oh yeah, he's 6-foot-6.
He attended Oaks Christian High School in California.
This is the MLB.com blurb on him:
Young was initially slated to be a part of the 2026 Draft class but reclassified to join this year's crop. Young's physicality and ceiling were on display all summer at events like MLB's High School All-American Game and USA Baseball's 18U team in World Cup qualifying. The 6-foot-6 Young has a ton of projection, obvious baseball bloodlines and some loud tools. He has huge raw power that some evaluators put top-of-the-scale grades on. He has bat speed and some feel to hit, but there are some swing-and-miss concerns and trouble recognizing spin that cropped up over the summer, leading some to worry a bit about how much he'll tap into that raw pop consistently. Young moves well for his size and his athleticism shows up defensively. He actually doesn't look terrible at shortstop, his position in high school, though he's likely to move to third if he's going to stay on the dirt. Some think he might be best suited in right field, where a plus arm that can fire 95-mph fastballs off the mound profiles well. Committed to LSU, Young could provide a team with a Jayson Werth-type of toolbox if he can to a more consistent hit tool, with scouts who laud his work ethic believing he can do just that.
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A player like Young could still have a long way to go to get to the majors. He's young and might need to change positions.
But teams like the Twins need to get the draft right. They don't land tons of big free agents.
Taking upside like this is a great call for Minnesota. Another member of the Young family could soon by flying toward the major leagues.
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