Taylor Williams
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Position:
RHP
Born:
07/21/91
Height:
5'11"
Weight:
195
B/T:
S/R
Acquired:
Drafted in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft (MIL).
Most Recent Stats at Time of Debut
| 0-2 wih a 3.09 ERA in 22 games, 14 of them starts, at Biloxi (Double-A), striking out 57 and walking 21 in 46 2/3 innings while allowing 42 hits. |
Info & MLB Debut Date
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Recalled from Biloxi on September 1 when rosters expanded. MLB Debut Date: 09/06/17 |
Debut Details
| September 6, in a 7-1 loss to the Reds. The last of seven pitchers, he tossed two-thirds of a perfect inning. Of 10 pitches, five were for strikes. Coming on in the bottom of the eighth for right-handed reliever Corey Knebel with one on and one out, he got Scooter Gennett to ground out in front of the plate to first and then Phillip Ervin flew out to center to end the inning. |
Player Notes
| Drafted out of Kent State, Williams missed all of 2015 and 2016 following Tommy John surgery and was on and off the Biloxi DL this past summer, as the club was being very careful with his arm. A quick arm max-effort kind of guy, he throws a tailing fastball in the mid 90s and a hard slider. IN 2014, his last full season, he combined between Wisconsin (Class A) and Brevard (High A) to go 9-3 with a 2.72 ERA in 27 games, 17 of them starts and two of them complete games as well as going 4-for-4 in save opportunities, striking out 137 in 132 1/3 innings and walking just 28 while allowing 107 hits for a .219 BAA. |