Brayden Taylor #80

Hit .308/.430/.631 (80-for-260) with 15 2B, 23 HR, 70 RBI, 77 runs and 14 steals in 58 games during his 2023 junior season at Texas Christian University…his 23 HR and 77 runs both tied single-season program records…in three seasons for the Horned Frogs, hit .315/.442/.595 (218-for-692) with 40 2B, five 3B, 48 HR, 173 RBI and 39 SB over 184 games…his 48 career HR broke Royce Huffman’s program record of 44 HR set in 1999.

2024

Hit .250/.365/.493 (106-for-424) with 27 2B, eight 3B, 20 HR, 62 RBI, 76 BB and 29 SB in 114 games between Class-A Bowling Green and Double-A Montgomery…named Bowling Green’s Most Valuable Player by the Rays Baseball Operations department…named a South Atlantic League postseason All-Star by MLB.com and a High Class-A All-Star by Baseball America…led the SAL in on-base percentage (.389), slugging percentage (.513) and OPS (.902), while ranking highly in runs (fourth, 71), extra-base hits (tied-fourth, 44), BB (tied-fifth), doubles (sixth), average (seventh) and total bases (seventh, 162)…led all Rays Minor Leaguers in triples, walks and extra-base hits (55), while ranking highly in runs (second, 88), total bases (second, 209), home runs (tied-third), slugging percentage (fourth), doubles (fifth), OPS (fifth, .858) and RBI (ninth)…ranked by Baseball America as the No. 56 overall prospect in baseball and the Rays No. 4 prospect following the season.

2023

Split his professional debut between the FCL Rays and Class-A Charleston…ranked by Baseball America as the No. 95 overall prospect in baseball and the Rays No. 6 prospect following the season.