Logan Taylor is unique in a few ways to the Non-Roster Invitee list. First, he’s been with the Mets organization for a while as he was drafted in the 11th round of the 2012 draft from East Oklahoma State College and played his first season with the Mets at age 20. Second, he spent the bulk of his time in the minors as a starting pitcher with the exception of his first year and portions of last year.
Like many pitchers we’ve seen this past week, he had a great short season with Brooklyn tossing 19.1 innings over 13 games with a 0.93 ERA. He then went to Savannah where he only pitched 30.1 innings, all from 7 starts but still posted a good/great 2.67 ERA while striking out 35 and posting a WHIP of 1.220. He walked 9 batters over that time.
He split his time in 2014 spending time in the Rookie League on the Gulf Coast, dominating in 3 starts and 16.0 innings with a 1.12 ERA and then going back to Savannah where he pitched 48.2 innings with a 2.77 ERA. His numbers looking good, he got the promotion to St. Lucie in in 2015 where he was more human with a 3.69 ERA over 136.2 innings. All during this time, his K/9 dove to a 6.5 and his K/BB ration dove to 1.78.
Last year he spent the entire year with Binghamton where he made 5 starts over 44 games and 85.2 innings. He posted a 3.99 ERA and saw his highest career WHIP at 1.447 but also tied his highest K/9 at 10.4.
Ultimately, the Mets need to see what they have in the “long-outing” / “spot starter” side of the pen for future seasons (2018/2019) so that’s what I’ll be looking for from Logan Taylor this spring.
