{"id":196263,"date":"2021-03-07T11:10:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T08:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jameson-taillon-shows-yankees-ex-team-he-can-escape-a-jam\/"},"modified":"2021-03-07T11:10:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T08:10:59","slug":"jameson-taillon-shows-yankees-ex-team-he-can-escape-a-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jameson-taillon-shows-yankees-ex-team-he-can-escape-a-jam\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jameson Taillon shows Yankees, ex-team he can escape a jam"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Jameson Taillon shows Yankees, ex-team he can escape a jam<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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BRADENTON \u2014 Returning to the city where he spent more time than he would have liked \u2014 courtesy of a pair of rehabs following two Tommy John surgeries, five years apart \u2014 Jameson Taillon took the next step in his latest comeback.<\/p>\n

The Yankees right-hander tossed two scoreless frames against the Pirates, his former team, Saturday at LECOM Park, working out of a jam in the second inning and striking out four in his second start of the spring.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have to pull up my Google Maps to get here,\u201d Taillon, who signed with the Yankees in January, said after the 3-2, seven-inning loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn that dugout, I have a lot of great friends, a lot of respect for the staff. They invested a lot in me over the years, a lot of time and energy to see my rehab through. It was a cool feeling for me to get to show them that I\u2019m healthy and I\u2019m back on the field. I hope it was a cool moment for them to get to watch me out there, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Yankees sure don\u2019t mind seeing a healthy Taillon, either, with his potential resurgence a key to their rotation this season.<\/p>\n

After a blink-and-you-missed-it spring debut, when he threw just seven pitches in a perfect inning on Monday, Taillon got more valuable work on Saturday. He threw 39 pitches (24 strikes), giving up two singles and a walk to load the bases in the second inning before striking out Kevin Kramer to end his day. He tipped his cap to the Pirates dugout on his way off the mound after facing a lineup that included five of his former teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was good work,\u201d said Taillon, whose fastball topped out at 93.6 mph. \u201cThe first start being seven pitches, there\u2019s some things I haven\u2019t experienced in a couple years like in-game<\/a> situations, runners on, holding runners, mixing my tempo, mixing my looks to second with a runner there. \u2026 So I was actually pretty happ<\/a>y to get put in that spot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taillon, the Pirates\u2019 second-overall pick in 2010, had Tommy John surgeries in 2014 and 2019 before being traded to the Yankees in January.<\/p>\n