Oakland Prospect Michael Taylor At-Bat-by-At-Bat

PROSPECT WE’RE WATCHING – Michael Taylor (Oakland Athletics, OF)

A quick note on video structure…videos are edited to include only key and legitimate prospects. Time between pitches and between innings are edited out. Some commercials are left in out of respect for the companies that purchase ad buys.

I use time markers for when a particular hitter comes up to bat or a certain pitcher enters the game so you don’t have to shuffle through the video looking for key players. Games are edited so you can scout and evaluate a prospect in the most convenient and quickest way possible.

This article is an extension of the scouting reports from Oakland’s top prospect lists with more video for readers to view.

SCOUTING REPORT

Let’s take this AB-by-AB…

1st AB – First pitch swinging, Taylor got a ball he could handle down in the zone. He stayed on it, got excellent leverage and went with the pitch to the opposite field for a single.

2nd AB –

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