Samad Taylor

Samad Jahad Taylor (born July 11, 1998) is an American professional baseball second baseman and outfielder for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.

Samad Taylor
Taylor with the Omaha Storm Chasers in 2023
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Second baseman / Outfielder
Born: (1998-07-11) July 11, 1998
Corona, California, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 17, 2023, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
(through 2023 season)
Batting average.200
Home runs0
Runs batted in4
Teams

Career

Taylor attended Corona High School in his hometown of Corona, California. He committed to play college baseball for the Arizona Wildcats.[1]

Cleveland Indians

Taylor was selected in the 10th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft by the Cleveland Indians, signed, and was assigned to the Rookie-level Arizona League Indians after signing.[2] In 32 games, Taylor recorded a .293 batting average, one home run, and 14 runs batted in (RBI).[2] He was assigned to the Short Season-A Mahoning Valley Scrappers to begin the 2017 season.[2]

Toronto Blue Jays

On July 31, 2017, the Indians traded Taylor and Thomas Pannone to the Toronto Blue Jays for reliever Joe Smith.[3] The Blue Jays assigned Taylor to the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays for five games before promoting him to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians for the remainder of the season. In 54 total games played in 2017, Taylor hit .294 with six home runs and 30 RBI.[2]

Taylor was assigned to the Single-A Lansing Lugnuts for the 2018 season. In 121 games, he batted .228 with nine home runs, 53 RBI, and 44 stolen bases.[2] He was promoted to the High-A Dunedin Blue Jays in 2019, where he appeared in 108 games and hit .216 with seven home runs, 38 RBI, and 26 steals.[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic-cancelled 2020 season, Taylor played 25 games for the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League.[2] He played the entire 2021 season for the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, batting .294 with 16 home runs, 52 RBI, and 30 stolen bases in 87 games, and was named a MiLB.com Organization All-Star.[2][4] Taylor played with the Tigres del Licey of the Dominican Winter League during the offseason, and was assigned to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons to begin 2022.[2]

Kansas City Royals

On August 2, 2022, Taylor and Max Castillo were traded to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Whit Merrifield.[5] On November 10, the Royals selected Taylor's contract to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[6]

Taylor was optioned to the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers to begin the 2023 season.[7] In 62 games for Omaha, he batted .304/.409/.463 with 6 home runs, 37 RBI, and 34 stolen bases. On June 16, 2023, Taylor was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[8] The next day, Taylor made his major league debut, going 1 for 3 with the lone hit being a walk-off RBI to win the game against the Los Angeles Angels.[9]

References
  1. "Samad Taylor - Player Profile". Perfect Game USA. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  2. "Samad Taylor Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  3. Glaser, Kyle (July 31, 2017). "Indians acquire reliever Joe Smith for Samad Taylor, Thomas Pannone". Baseball America. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  4. "Samad Taylor Stats, Fantasy & News". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  5. "Kansas City Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield traded to Toronto Blue Jays". ESPN.com. Associated Press. August 2, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  6. "Royals' Samad Taylor: Selects contract". cbssports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
  7. "Royals' Samad Taylor: Sent to Triple-A". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  8. "Royals' Samad Taylor: Promoted to big leagues". cbssports.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  9. https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article276517166.html
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