Shane Taylor is a 6’1 186 lb. pitcher from the University of North Carolina. He is from Mullica Hill, NJ and pitched for Clearview Regional High School. Taylor was ranked as the seventh-best prospect in New Jersey and the 360th nationally by Perfect Game. He finished 5-0 on the season with a 3.48 ERA. Shane was second on the team with 26 appearances. He posted 34 strikeouts and surrendered 17 walks. This New Jersey product was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week after pitching 8.0 innings allowing no runs and only 1 hit against Duke. He only allowed three base-runners total, and retired the last 16 batters he faced.
In last night’s game Shane Taylor pitched 3 complete innings. He gave up 3 earned runs, walked 4, and struck-out 3. He throws from a low 3/4 arm slot. His arm angle is around the hour hand at 2:00. His fastball was between 84-86 mph with nice tail inside to a right-handed batter, and his Slurve was around 76-78mph. It is important to have an 8-10 mph drop between your fastball and off-speed pitch(s). I think the slurve compliments his tailing fastball well. I am not sure if he was choking his slurve at times or he threw an occasional slider. I posted a video of his mechanics. Taylor really extends and gets good forward momentum towards the plate. It is impressive to see a smaller pitcher generate that much power (his fastball sat around 90-92 against St. John’s at the Regional, 90 according to Perfect Game). Warming up in the bullpen(side view) I noticed how he did an excellent job of finding a slightly high balance point. When warming up at the begining of the second (straight-on view), I noticed his leg-kick became higher. As his leg kick increases his mechanics become quicker and he tends to overthrow a bit (second pitch from straight-on view). His lead arm tends to drift slightly rather than staying tight and tucked under his arm(note picture below). During the third inning his arm angle dropped to a 2:30-2:45 angle. This is when Phil Ervin hit a homerun.
In last night’s game Shane Taylor pitched 3 complete innings. He gave up 3 earned runs, walked 4, and struck-out 3. He throws from a low 3/4 arm slot. His arm angle is around the hour hand at 2:00. His fastball was between 84-86 mph with nice tail inside to a right-handed batter, and his Slurve was around 76-78mph. It is important to have an 8-10 mph drop between your fastball and off-speed pitch(s). I think the slurve compliments his tailing fastball well. I am not sure if he was choking his slurve at times or he threw an occasional slider. I posted a video of his mechanics. Taylor really extends and gets good forward momentum towards the plate. It is impressive to see a smaller pitcher generate that much power (his fastball sat around 90-92 against St. John’s at the Regional, 90 according to Perfect Game). Warming up in the bullpen(side view) I noticed how he did an excellent job of finding a slightly high balance point. When warming up at the begining of the second (straight-on view), I noticed his leg-kick became higher. As his leg kick increases his mechanics become quicker and he tends to overthrow a bit (second pitch from straight-on view). His lead arm tends to drift slightly rather than staying tight and tucked under his arm(note picture below). During the third inning his arm angle dropped to a 2:30-2:45 angle. This is when Phil Ervin hit a homerun.
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