2025 Draft Prospect - OF - Devin Taylor - Univ. of Indiana

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OF Devin Taylor - University of Indiana

Athlete with legitimate power. That’s the best way to describe Taylor. The Indiana outfielder has etched himself as one of the best college bats in the NCAA. He hit 20 home runs and drove in 54 to the tune of a .357/.449/.660 slash line. 

The power comes from his bat speed and strength, and he isn’t afraid to show it to all parts of the field. When I caught Taylor last year in live looks, he struggled at the plate due to issues with chasing out of the zone and velocity up. 

He rolled over a lot of pitches or popped things up. But that could’ve been weather-related, as both days were insanely cold with massive wind gusts. Despite his struggles, he was trying to make things happen for his team, whether bunting for a base hit, taking a walk, or trying to cause chaos on the base paths. 

Even though he’s a below-average runner, he wasn’t afraid to try and take an extra base. There is a good chance he mans centerfield in 2025, but he likely ends up at as a left-field type at the next level.

He went unselected in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft and enrolled at Indiana University to play college baseball. As a freshman for Indiana in 2023, Taylor spent the season as Indiana's starting right fielder, also starting four games in left field. He played in 55 games (51 starts) and batted.315 with 16 home runs and 59 RBIs. - wikipedia.org

 

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Devin Taylor

Weight: 215

Height: 6-1

Position: OF

Year: Junior

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio

High School: LaSalle

First player in program history to earn First Team All-Big Ten honors in his first two seasons of college baseball … second most home runs in program history (36) among a player in his first two years at IU (Alex Dickerson – 38).

Set Indiana freshman RBI record (59) as the ninth Hoosier rookie to reach the 50-RBI mark ... passed teammate Carter Mathison (58; 2022) and Phil Dauphin (58; 1988) for the freshman record ... finished No. 2 on Indiana’s freshman home run charts (16) behind teammate Mathison (19; 2022).

2024 (Sophomore Season)

Awards: ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American … Perfect Game Second Team All-American … ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Midwest District selection … 2024 USA Collegiate National Team Training Camp selection … 1st Team All-Big Ten selection (OF) … NCAA Knoxville All-Regional team … named Big Ten Player of the Week on February 26th and May 20th.