While the MLB draft always seems to be an inexplicable crapshoot, the 2015 draft for the D-Backs continues to be a painful disappointment. With the first overall pick of that year, they selected Dansby Swanson - yep, the same Dansby Swanson who just helped lead Atlanta to a World Series win. Meanwhile, their second-round pick, Alex Young, was substantially less heralded than Swanson, but whose D-Backs tenure was equally disappointing. At the time, Young was described pretty positively with Bleacher Report then calling him an, “...advanced left-handed college arm…” and a player that could, “help out at the big league level in the near future.
2021 Arizona Diamondbacks Player Reviews, #47, Alex Young
