Jameson Taillon (born November 18, 1991 in Winter Haven, Florida) is a Canadian American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization of Major League Baseball. He attended The Woodlands High School in Texas. Taillon was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates as the second overall pick in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.
Taillon stands at 6'7" and has a fastball that has hit 99 miles per hour (MPH) as well as a "plus" curve...
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Jameson Taillon (born November 18, 1991 in Winter Haven, Florida) is a Canadian American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization of Major League Baseball. He attended The Woodlands High School in Texas. Taillon was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates as the second overall pick in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.
Taillon stands at 6'7" and has a fastball that has hit 99 miles per hour (MPH) as well as a "plus" curveball according to MLB.com. He caught the attention of Pirates scouts with a 22–6 high school career record. He was 8–1 his senior year and threw a 19-strikeout no-hitter against rival Conroe High School on March 23, 2010. Fangraphs called Taillon the best high school pitching prospect since Josh Beckett. Baseball America compared him to pitchers like Stephen Strasburg. Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said of Taillon, "He has the stuff that allows you to envision down the road a top-of-the-rotation starter."
As he was born in Florida...
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