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Taillon excited for full season with new slider

Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon joins Hot Stove to discuss the team's rotation and working on improvements for 2019

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PITTSBURGH -- The pitch that changed Jameson Taillon's 2018 season is not yet a finished product. Neither is Taillon.

Taillon added a slider last May and took off from there. He allowed three earned runs or fewer in each of his last 22 outings and posted a 2.