brien taylor brien taylor born december pitcher minor league baseball spent seven seasons minor leagues primarily new_york_yankees organization career win loss record earned run average era strikeouts born north_carolina taylor attended pitching ability caused chosen new_york_yankees overall selection major_league_baseball draft seasons minor leagues injured shoulder fight ineffective returning baseball retired having played game class taylor players picked overall mlb draft reach major leagues early life mlb draft taylor born north_carolina parents worked mason crab local plant second children named lead character movie brian song taylor attended played school baseball team high school taylor win loss record earned run average era struck hitters innings pitched walking fastball hit mph new_york_yankees selected taylor overall selection signed advisor said day best high school pitcher seen life yankees offered sign minor league contract typical given overall draft choice time advised taylor family previous year rated high school pitcher given million sign gave scholarship process held year million contract leverage brien poor grades high school prevented getting major college scholarship offer threatened yankees taylor sign instead attend local junior college yankees agree terms yankees official services owner serving suspension time media said yankees let taylor away shot taylor signed million august day classes set begin delay meant deal signed school year ended coincided following year draft professional career yankees originally planned bring taylor minor leagues rapidly like found needed better base hold base runners chose major league debut playing game named game prospect season began professional career yankees class advanced minor league affiliate performances included throwing strikeouts victory hit performance september season taylor win loss record era strikeouts innings pitched year taylor pitched double albany yankees yankees planned taylor work felt fastball good major leagues entering season named baseball second best prospect year taylor record era strikeouts innings led walks expected pitch triple columbus international_league start yankees begin season latest dependent performed spring training season ended yankees wanted taylor league work taylor declined attend camp instead chose return home north_carolina december taylor injured defending brother new_york_times reported confronted man named fought north_carolina suffered head fight wilson brien found brother hurt cousin went wilson trailer home confront taylor got altercation wilson friend taylor fell shoulder according wilson taylor attempted throw morris missed caused injury hours following altercation told reporters injury yankees taylor visit called injury worst seen following week repaired torn capsule torn taylor shoulder caused miss season taylor returned baseball spent season rookie level returned game surgery lost mph fastball unable throw strike result season wins losses era walks innings pitched yankees planned taylor spend season double continued struggle control spring training saying point ball plate feel like held ball life instead spent year single bats walked batters innings going era games yankees removed man roster result taylor spent seasons walked batters innings going era games went era games released yankees end season signed following year taylor took extended spring training released june season cleveland indians signed contract placed class columbus innings pitched games columbus gave hits walks era baseball retiring baseball taylor moved north_carolina daughters worked ups package worked beer distributor moved home working father january police charged taylor child abuse allegedly leaving children ages hours court date point outstanding arrest march taylor charged cocaine trafficking undercover agents purchased large quantity cocaine crack cocaine period months federally indicted cocaine trafficking charges june taylor guilty august sentenced months prison followed years supervised release taylor number released september
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