Draft Pick Discussion, Rounds 1-5

[Mass Haas]

Brewers pick Torrance's Taylor in second round

Joseph Snyder, South Bay Sports Examiner

 

Through his four years with Torrance High's baseball team, center fielder Tyrone Taylor has compiled numerous outstanding statistics.

 

His outstanding achievements with the Tartars, the Milwaukee Brewers Area Code team over last summer and traveling teams enabled the Brewers to pick Taylor in the second round of the Major League Baseball draft last week. He was the 92nd pick overall.

 

Over this past season, Taylor stood out, batting .488 with four home runs, 29 runs batted in, 28 runs scored and 17 stolen bases.

 

In the previous three seasons, Taylor was a big spark in keying the Tartars to the CIF-Southern Section Division IV finals in the 2009 and 2010 seasons as a freshman and sophomore, in order, and last year to the Division IV semifinals. Taylor was an all-CIF selection in each of the past two seasons and is expected to get it, again, this year.

 

Taylor was the South Bay Player of the Year by the Daily Breeze in his junior season last year, but, due to Torrance's rebuilding year that saw the Tartars only barely make the playoffs as a third place team, behind champion El Segundo and second place North Torrance, in the close Pioneer League race, that award went to North Torrance pitcher-first baseman Dalton Erb. Erb, also a senior, did not get drafted and will play at El Camino College next season. Torrance lost in the first round of the Division IV playoffs.

 

Taylor signed at Cal State Fullerton last year, a college he was wanting to play baseball for since he was playing in the Torrance Little League.

 

Despite being drafted in the second round, Taylor is still undecided on if he will sign with the Brewers or play at Cal State Fullerton. He is expected to get a good offer but how much remains to be seen.

 

"It will be a tough decision," Taylor said about weighing the Brewers and the Titans. "It feels great to be drafted in the second round. I hope to be in the Majors in the next few years."

 

Taylor, overall, is ranked one of the top male athletes in the South Bay.

 

He also played football as a running back and keyed Torrance to one of its best seasons in the school's 95-year history. He rushed for 1,521 yards and 20 touchdowns and caught 11 passes for TD's. He was one of the biggest factors in the Tartars tying cross town rival South Torrance for the Pioneer crown and making the CIF-Southern Section Northwest Division semifinals where they lost to eventual champion Lompoc, 56-21.

 

Torrance High standout Tyrone Taylor was chosen in the second round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers Photo credit: Joseph Snyder

 

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[Tedaldtada]

"It will be a tough decision," Taylor said about weighing the Brewers and the Titans. "It feels great to be drafted in the second round. I hope to be in the Majors in the next few years."

 

I really hope he signs. Seems like a good kid and his potential is off the charts. I really doubt the Brewers picked him without a pretty confident idea about his intentions.

[CheezWizHed]

"It will be a tough decision,"

 

Posturing by a player who has been well educated by his agent. Seems like a few every year say something like this. Didn't Jungmann last year?

 

I really doubt the Brewers picked him without a pretty confident idea about his intentions.

 

Second that.

[Tedaldtada]

I will say that it sounds like it may take a little over slot to sign him, unless CWH is dead on about the agent speak.

[clancyphile]

McCalvy reports that Taylor may be signing soon, pending physical.

[HiAndTight]

"It will be a tough decision,"

 

Posturing by a player who has been well educated by his agent. Seems like a few every year say something like this. Didn't Jungmann last year?

 

I really doubt the Brewers picked him without a pretty confident idea about his intentions.

 

Second that.

 

 

I thought that Jungman said just the exact opposite. That he was excited to get going. Do I have that backwards?

[CheezWizHed]

There was a bunch of discussion about him wanting $3-4M to sign... then the Brewers offered $1.5M, he wanted $2M... finally signed close to the deadline. All while making some comments that didn't endear him to the general populous here. Granted most of the loudest complaints were by people who didn't like the pick to begin with.

 

Some of that is here and the next page.

 

Finally found the linkI was slightly remembering...

 

Texas' Taylor Jungmann won Dick Howser Trophy Tuesday morning. He's a lock to sign with Brewers but said, "We'll see." Warned of assuming.