Michael
Taylor

9.6.15:  Taylor is an athletic lefty that throws with a drop and drive delivery from a three-quarters arm slot. He has a short arm action and a very quick arm that generates easy velocity. His shoulders are closed and he hides the ball very well. Taylor’s fastball sat 82-85 and touched 86, with heavy run on it. His slider had power 1/7 break and was thrown with full armspeed, running 76-78. His changeup had heavy fade and ran 74-78. Taylor had good command of all three pitches and pounded the bottom of the zone.

2/22/2015:  Taylor has an athletic 6-foot-2 frame. He has a drop and drive delivery and throws from a three-quarters slot. He has a long, loose arm action and generates easy velocity with a quick armstroke. His shoulders are level and closed and he strides out on line before landing a bit open and falling off after release. Taylor’s fastball sat 83-85, touching 86, with late run to it. His slider had late 10/4 action and was thrown with full armspeed, running 76-78. His change-up had fading action and was thrown with full armspeed, sitting 77-79. Taylor had outstanding command of all three pitches.

11/9/2014:  Taylor has an athletic 6-foot-1 frame. He throws from a three-quarters arm slot and generates easy velocity. He has smooth mechanics and stays on line throughout his delivery. Taylor’s fastball has heavy late run on it and he worked at 84-85, touching 87. He threw 2/8 power curveball that was 76-79 and made heavy use of his change-up, which he threw with full armspeed at 75-79 and had good late run to it. Overall, Taylor commanded all three pitches well, and was consistently working at the knees with all of his pitches.