More Baseball - 2009 Mariner's Cup

In August Taylor was selected to play on the Northwest Mariners Cup Team. The team consisted of some of the top MLB High School prospect players from the states of Washington and Oregon. There were two tryouts for the team with each one seeing over a hundred players competing for a spot. The team played in a three day tournament against 3 other MLB High School Prospect teams from the Mid-West, and California. The first game was played in Everett, WA where the Mariners Aqua Sox Single A team play. The following two days, games were hosted at Safeco Field in Seattle (Seattle Mariners Stadium)... Taylor started the second game on the mound at Safeco against the SF Giants team and got the win! What a great experience and thrill it was to see him pitching at Safeco Field on the BIG SCREEN. He'd been throwing 91-92 mph but posted a 94 on the scoreboard to turn a few heads :)

Area Code Baseball 2009 - Long Beach, CA

Taylor was one of 30 top players selected from the Northwest as a pitcher to represent the MLB's Washington Nationals prospect team at the Area Code 2009 Tournament in Long Beach, CA. The first day the team played a practice games at USC's stadium. The team played six games over six days and finished with a record of 2 wins, 2 ties, and 1 loss. Major league and college scouts filled the stands throughout the week. Mom & Dad made the trip and a vacation of it as well and couldn't be more proud of his performance which saw him allowing no runs, no walks, couple of K's, and giving up only three hits... against some of the better high school players from around the country. http://www.areacodebaseball.com