Devin Taylor

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #8 prospect in 2025 draft
  School: Indiana Committed: Never Drafted
  Age At Draft: 21.5
  Taylor opted to attend Indiana despite plenty of draft interest coming out of high school. He became the third player in Hoosiers history to win Big 10 freshman of the year, joining former big leaguers Alex Dickerson and Sam Travis. Taylor has a strong, physical build at 6-feet and 190 pounds with a thick lower half. In the box, he has a strong base with a slightly open front side. Taylor pre-swing wiggles the bat slightly above his back shoulder, a timing mechanism that leads into a slight barrel tip and normal stride. He takes a direct path to contact and there is no shortage of bat speed. Most importantly, he gets to his plus power in games. Taylor generates serious impact and his 107.5 mph 90th percentile exit velocity was on-par with Wyatt Langford (107.6 mph), the No. 4 pick in the 2023 draft. Taylor’s pitch recognition skills are above average, but he sometimes will get trigger happy against fastballs. Taylor this spring will hold down right field for the Hoosiers, where he has an average arm, though his actions and arm could profile best in left field. As one of the premier bats in college baseball, Taylor over the next two seasons could very well establish himself as someone who goes in the top half of the first round.
• Ranked #5 prospect in 2025 draft
  School: Indiana
  Taylor opted to attend Indiana despite plenty of draft interest coming out of high school. He became the third player in Hoosiers history to win Big 10 freshman of the year, joining former big leaguers Alex Dickerson and Sam Travis. Taylor has a strong, physical build at 6-feet and 190 pounds with a thick lower half. In the box, he has a strong base with a slightly open front side. Taylor pre-swing wiggles the bat slightly above his back shoulder, a timing mechanism that leads into a slight barrel tip and normal stride. He takes a direct path to contact and there is no shortage of bat speed. Most importantly, he gets to his plus power in games. Taylor generates serious impact and his 107.5 mph 90th percentile exit velocity was on-par with Wyatt Langford (107.6 mph), the No. 4 pick in the 2023 draft. Taylor’s pitch recognition skills are above average, but he sometimes will get trigger happy against fastballs. Taylor this spring will hold down right field for the Hoosiers, where he has an average arm, though his actions and arm could profile best in left field. As one of the premier bats in college baseball, Taylor over the next two seasons could very well establish himself as someone who goes in the top half of the first round.