Arkansas
Episode 161: Evan Taylor
When you consider the truth that Evan Taylor grew up in Florence, Alabama, as a giant Crimson Tide soccer fan, you marvel how he ended up a Razorback. However that’s the nationwide pull this program has underneath Dave Van Horn. Once you’re constantly one of many high packages within the nation, that’s what occurs. And Taylor turned enamored with the Razorbacks throughout their 2018 Faculty World Sequence run. Nevertheless it’s not simple to affix a high program. Taylor struggled early, pitching fewer than 15 innings in his first three seasons mixed. That led to a dialog with DVH that helped flip his profession round. This season, Taylor has became one of the dependable arms within the Razorback bullpen, posting a 3.38 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 37 1/3 innings. The struggles—and the concerns that got here with them—are a factor of the previous.