Link Report for Tue. 4/29 -- Manatees' Tyrone Taylor Hits for the Cycle!

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Taylor completes Manatees' first cycle

Brewers' top hitting prospect finishes 5-for-5, scores five times

By Robert Emrich / MiLB.com

 

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Tyrone Taylor leads the Florida State League with 11 doubles and is second with 15 extra-base hits. (Cliff Welch/MiLB.com)

 

It only took five innings for Tyrone Taylor to make history on Tuesday night.

 

The Brewers' No. 2 prospect completed the first cycle in franchise history as Class A Advanced Brevard County routed Clearwater, 20-0, at Bright House Field.

 

Taylor, who finished 5-for-5, singled in the first inning, hit a standup triple in the third, doubled in the fourth and slugged a solo homer in the fifth. He walked in the eighth, singled again in the ninth, scored five runs and drove in three.

 

"Honestly, I think it was just everybody hitting the ball," Taylor said. "It's contagious. When you're seeing the ball well, it makes it a lot easier for you.

 

I was trying hard not to think about [the cycle] because my teammates were messing with me, telling me that was all I needed for the cycle. I tried to stay within myself. It's pretty exciting, especially on my mom's birthday."

 

In addition to being the first cycle in the club's history -- and the fourth in the Minor Leagues this season -- it was the first five-hit game by a member of the Manatees since D'Vontrey Richardson had one on May 17, 2011. Taylor also went 5-for-5 last Aug. 20 for Class A Wisconsin.

 

"I have no idea, but that's obviously a cool thing to happen and I'm excited about it," the 20-year-old outfielder said of the first Florida State League cycle since Gustavo Pierre recorded one for Dunedin last Aug. 10.

 

The perfect night raised Taylor's batting average 41 points to .263. He has three homers and an .822 OPS and believes his historic night can provide a boost, not just to him but to a club that's next-to-last in the Florida State League with a .233 batting average.

 

"Definitely," the California native said. "I think as a team we got 22 hits for the first time since 2011 and also three of us had the first three home runs of the year. Hopefully, it gets things going as a team."

 

Orlando Arcia, Milwaukee's third-ranked prospect, was 4-for-7 with three runs scored, while Michael Reed, Cameron Garfield and Michael Garza contributed three RBIs apiece for the Manatees. Brevard County established season highs in runs and hits.

 

"It's fun, to a certain extent," Taylor said. "After awhile, it gets a little long. We had a lot of fun out there and just went out there and did everything right. It was a good night for us."

 

Manatees starter Hobbs Johnson (2-3) cruised with all that run support, limiting the Threshers to five hits while striking out six over six innings.

 

Clearwater's Ethan Stewart (1-2) went 3 1/3 innings and was charged with eight runs -- seven earned -- on seven hits and three walks.

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Brevard Audio Highlights

 

Tyrone Taylor Highlights

 

Mike Strong Pregame Interview

[gregmag]

Man, I didn't think my baseball night could get any better, but that BC box score is some cathartic stuff. Those kids are too good to stay in the funk they've been in.

[young guns]

5 innings. Could that be the fastest cycle ever?

[Mass Haas]

Nashville:

 

AUDIO: Eugenio Velez, who leads league in hitting and Sounds in RBI's, slaps RBI Single

 

VIDEO: Hunter Morris knocks in two runs with a double in Nashville's 9-4 loss to New Orleans

[TheCrew07]

I believe he will steal 50+ bases this season as well as hit 10-12hrs.

 

Michael Reed may steel 50 bases but he's more like Eric Farris than he is Johnny Davis in that regard... meaning he's not a ++ runner where that total would begin to translate to MLB. He has 3 HRs in 802 career ABs, he may develop power at some point but that's not part of his game right now. As was discussed quite a bit in last year's LRs Michael is a corner OF prospect without power so even there's quite a bit to like about him as a player, he doesn't really fit where he profiles best right now. In fact I continually lamented on that point, it's too bad really. Unless he can SLG in the mid .400s his ceiling is that of a 4th OF even though he's got many average to above average tools.

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Baseball America Prospect Report (April 30)

 

HITTER OF THE DAY: Tyrone Taylor, rf — high Class A Brevard County (Brewers)

 

Mookie Betts continues to rake, Trevor Story was outstanding, and Aaron Judge had a good night. But Taylor hit for the cycle—the first in Brevard County history—and had five hits to boost his average to .263 in a tough park for righthanded hitters. Milwaukee’s No. 2 prospect, Taylor has good bat speed and shows good gap power.

[TheCrew07]

Not much more on Taylor other than a quick rundown of yesterday, Alex Reyes of the Cards also discussed farther down in the MWL portion.

 

Minor League Roundup: Tyrone Taylor’s A Speedy Manatee