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Big 12 Baseball Tournament: Taylor Named Tournament Most Outstanding Player

The TCU third baseman put on a show at Globe Life Field this week.
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Brayden Taylor, TCU’s third baseman, was on fire all week long at the 2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. Defensively, he had many plays worthy of SportsCenter Top 10, as Frogs fans have come to expect from him on the field. Offensively, he put on a show setting off all sorts of fireworks, figuratively and literally.

His performance during TCU’s championship run was enough for him to be named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

TCU played four teams over the weekend. In those games, Taylor had 16 appearances at the plate and batted .500. He had eight hits, four of which were doubles, and three more were home runs. On Wednesday, he hit his 44th career home run, tying the TCU program record with Royce Huffman (1996-99). On Thursday against Kansas, he blasted another to set the new TCU program record. And in Sunday’s championship game, he had another. The program record is now at 46, possibly more to come before Taylor finishes his season.

Taylor’s eight hits tied him with teammate Karson Bowen for third most during the tournament. OSU’s David Mendham had the most hits of any player in the tournament with 11. TCU’s Kurtis Byrne was second with nine.

Taylor crossed the plate ten times during his four games, the most of any player in the tournament. He also had 11 RBIs, also the most for any player in the tournament. His four doubles, as were his three homers, were also a tournament high. Lastly, he had 21 total bases, which is also the most of any player in the tournament. He had five more bases than Mendham, who had the second most at 16.

Next up: Taylor and his Horned Frogs teammates wait to learn where they will play their Regional. The NCAA Selection Show is Monday, May 29, at 11 am. CT.

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Barry Lewis
BARRY LEWIS

Barry is the managing editor/publisher of TCU Horned Frogs On SI and oversees a team of 15+ writers, photographers, and podcasters covering all 22 of TCU’s sports. He writes on football, basketball (men’s and women’s), baseball, men’s tennis, and other sports as needed. His weekly articles include Big 12 Power Rankings and Poll Watching during the football, basketball, and baseball seasons. He is a frequent guest on one of the many podcasts that TCU Horned Frogs On SI writers host covering football, baseball, basketball, and other sports. Barry is a member of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). He has represented TCU Horned Frogs On SI at the 2022 Fiesta Bowl, the 2023 College Football National Championship, the 2023 College World Series, the 2024 NCAA Men’s Tennis National Championship, Big 12 Football Media Days, and Big 12 Basketball Media Days. Barry has followed TCU sports since the Jim Wacker days. He is an avid sports fan and traveler, and he loves any opportunity to see a sporting event in person. He has been to 18 of the 30 MLB ballparks, experienced game day at 25 college football stadiums, seen 21 NFL stadiums, and been to 16 bowl games.

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