STARKVILLE — Mississippi State baseball right-hander Paul Young signed a free-agent contract with the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday, MSU announced.
Young, who just finished his junior season, wasn’t selected last month in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player draft. He was expected to return to MSU and was playing baseball for the Brewster Whitecaps in the Cape Cod League.
Young played one season at Central Alabama Community College before transferring to MSU. Coming out of junior college, he was drafted in the 21st round by the Cleveland Indians, but he decided to attend MSU.
He was redshirted in 2014 and made two appearances in 2015. The Milton, Florida, native was 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA in nine appearances this past season.
Young is the 10th player to sign a professional contract. The nine others were all drafted last month.
n Maddux to serve as volunteer assistant for UNLV: At Las Vegas, Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux will join UNLV’s baseball team as a volunteer assistant next season.
Maddux’s son, Chase, is a sophomore pitcher for the Rebels.
Maddux won four Cy Young Awards and 18 Gold Gloves during a 23-year career that included stops with Atlanta, the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Diego. He played at Valley High School in Las Vegas before being drafted in the second round of the 1984 baseball draft by the Cubs.
Maddux, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014, has worked in various front offices since retiring in 2008, most recently as a special assistant with the Dodgers.
Wire reports were included in this story.
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