161. Evan Taylor: Razorback Reliever

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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When you think about the fact that Evan Taylor grew up in Florence, Alabama, as a big Crimson Tide football fan, you wonder how he ended up a Razorback. But that’s the national pull this program has under Dave Van Horn. When you’re consistently one of the top programs in the country, that’s what happens. And Taylor became enamored with the Razorbacks during their 2018 College World Series run. But it’s not easy to join a top program. Taylor struggled early, pitching fewer than 15 innings in his first three seasons combined. That led to a conversation with DVH that helped turn his career around. This season, Taylor has turned into one of the most reliable arms in the Razorback bullpen, posting a 3.38 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 37 1/3 innings. The struggles—and the worries that came with them—are a thing of the past.

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0:14.3	It's intimidating and exciting because you're like I get to go be a part of that like now like I think they got back from the world series and a week later I was in classes in the summer so like I'm seeing all these dudes walk through is like was like, oh, there's Grant Coak, there's Blain Night, all those dudes, and it's like, now I gotta go try and take one of their jobs or steal
0:19.0	innings off from them. Like, that's not going to happen. Welcome into the hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our
0:36.8	friends at First Security Bank, Bold Vision, Sarzan Resort, Abilita Maria, and South by Northwest Hospitality.
0:45.0	Taylor just struck out the side.
0:49.0	Good morning, good afternoon, good night.
0:52.0	When you think about the fact that Evan Taylor grew up in Florence,
0:55.0	Alabama as a big crimson tied football fan,
0:58.2	you wonder how he ended up a razorback.
1:00.7	But that's the national pool this program has under Dave Van Horn.
1:04.7	Cole will make the catch and Arkansas has done it.
1:08.7	They're headed to their ninth trip to the college world series.
1:15.0	When you're consistently one of the top programs in the country, that's what happens.
1:20.0	And Taylor became enamored with the razorbacks during their 2018 college world series run.
1:25.4	They're really good.
1:26.8	Like, they're competing for championships every year.
1:30.4	Like, I know that's something I want to do.
1:32.2	Like, I want to win a national championship and be
1:35.4	You know like a team on a team that goes down in the history books is
1:39.2	Champions and I wanted to be a part of that.
1:42.8	But it's not easy to join a top program.
1:45.3	Taylor struggled early, pitching fewer than 15 innings
1:49.2	in his first three seasons combined.
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