Taylor Williams

About

Taylor Grant Williams (born July 21, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos of the Mexican League. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2017 and has also played for the Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, and Miami Marlins.

Williams attended Camas High School in Camas, Washington. He played for the school’s baseball team and graduated in 2010. Camas reached the state championship game in 2010. He won the most valuable player trophy at an all-state series.
Williams enrolled at Washington State University and played college baseball for the Washington State Cougars baseball team for one season. In 2012, Taylor pitched collegiate summer baseball for the Cowlitz Black Bears of the West Coast League. Discontented with Washington State, he transferred to Mount Hood Community College, a junior college. He then played summer baseball for the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, where he had three members of the Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team as his teammates. Based on their recommendations, he transferred to Kent State. With the Golden Flashes, Williams…