Austin
Taylor

With an athletic wiry frame with some strength in the lower ½, but plenty of room to fill out with additional strength. It was a quick 5 batter look on the day, but it was a very good one. He shows good body control with intent in the delivery. The operation is relatively low effort with quick to fast arm speed and the ball comes out of his hand really well. His FB sat at 86-87 MPH while touching 88 at its peak with riding life through the zone with only one good swing against it for F-7. He snaps off an interesting breaking ball in the 73-75 MPH range with some power to the break flashing swing/miss life. Threw a CHG during warm ups but did not feature it in game action, but it flashes promise at 78-79 MPH with good arm speed on the delivery. Taylor faced 5 total hitters collecting 3 strikeouts, 1 fly ball out and picked a runner off to record 1.2 innings of work with a walk as the only blemish against him. Currently working as a reliever there is projection for him to potentially start with the 3 pitch mix, delivery and athleticism. Although if he stays in the pen there is two swing/miss offerings with a potential 3rd offering to be a leverage reliever going forward.