Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Curtis Taylor was born July 25, 1995, in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Taylor attended University of British Columbia. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fourth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft. Taylor made his professional debut with the Hillsboro Hops and spent the whole 2016 season there, posting a 1–0 record with a 2.20 ERA with 23 strikeouts in 16.1 innings pitched. In 2017, he played for the Kane County Cougars, where he pitched to a 3–4 record and 3.32 ERA in 13 games started.

On November 30, 2017, the Diamondbacks traded Taylor to the Tampa Bay Rays for Brad Boxberger. He began the 2018 season with the Charlotte Stone Crabs before being promoted to the Montgomery Biscuits in May. In 38 games (four starts) between the two clubs, he pitched to a 6–4 record with a 2.54 ERA. He returned to Montgomery to begin 2019.

On September 1, 2019, Taylor was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays, as one of two players to be named later in the Eric Sogard trade.