Memories of Tyrone Taylor

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

He struck me as a great teammate. Like his spirit was big part of who he was especially in 24.

Good Met who looked like he should be released at times

[Edgy MD]

Gave a full-range of outcomes. 

• Good enough for an MLB reserve outfielder on a winning team in 2024.  
• Not good enough for an MLB reserve outfielder on a winning team in 2025.
• Really good for an MLB reserve outfielder on a winning team in 2026.

That last one kind of guaranteed he was going to be traded to a winning team.  It was, like, The Three Faces of Tommy Pham, except he wasn't Tommy Pham.  The most indelible memory is that he slammed a homer in what should have been his last game*, and the blast went so far that it felt like he was going to be traded before the ball landed, or at least before he crossed home plate.

A solid pro.  Brought a positive but professional demeanor to the park whether he was going good or going poorly.  I'm not an Instagram user, but his is all full of shots of him interacting with his daughter and it's adorbs.

Part of a rapidly diminishing club of Mets veterans of the 2024 post-season.  Probably saw more time in that run than was good for the team, but his strong September helped get them there.

* He pinch ran in the ninth inning last night, in a situation that was so non-competitive that I'm not sure the booth noted his appearance.

[metirish]

Good memories of Tyrone , really seemed to love playing for the Mets , always seemed happy 

[The Hot Corner]

Was a good fourth outfielder/bench guy.  Good defender capable of manning any of the OF positions.  Pretty good speed.  Both are good to have for late inning substitutions, particularly for a team starting Soto.   The problem for the Mets was that he too often was forced to assume a more expanded, regular role with the Mets.

Seemed like a good guy.

[Edgy MD]

[Gwreck]

1. 11 pitch at bat resulting in a leadoff double in the top of the 8th to start the rally in the legendary game 161 in Atlanta in 2024.

2. Massive home run with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game against the Yankees this year.

Struggled (badly) at times but was overall a great fourth outfielder.  Agree; seemed like a great teammate and all-around good guy.  He’ll be missed.