The Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization announced theyve signed utilityman ( ). The Old Dominion product had been playing in Triple-A Michael Kelly Jersey with the Cardinals. Young was a 15th round pick by the Cubs back in 2017. He reached the majors late in the 2022 season and appeared in 22 games over the next two years. The left-handed hitter ran a .210/.290/.435 line with a pair of home runs acro s 69 trips to the plate. Chicago placed Young on waivers at the start of last offseason. St. Louis nabbed him from their rival and succe sfully pa sed him through waivers during Spring Training. A signed to their top farm team in Memphis, Young was hitting .285/.411/.506. He connected on 11 homers and walked at a strong 14.3% clip against an 18.5% strikeout rate. The Cards never called him up, but his excellent work in the upper minors gets him a look in the KBO. That surely comes with a nice pay bump compared to his Triple-A salary. KBO teams are only permitted to roster three foreign-born players. As a corresponding move for signing Young, they waived outfielder . The 32-year-old signed with the Bears over the winter. He was hitting .306/.360/.482 in 80 games. Thats strong production, but Yoo notes ( ) that the Bears coaching staff has taken i sue with Ramos defense and baserunning. A veteran of 12 minor league seasons, Ramos has logged brief MLB time with the Diamondbacks and Reds. Mitch Moreland Jersey