Taylor Jones is a six-foot-seven, 230 lb. first baseman from Kent, WA. Born on December 6, 1993, he was a 35th-round selection of the Chicago Cubs in 2015. After going unsigned out of Gonzaga, the Astros took him in round 19 of the 2016 draft, with the 577th choice off the board. That’s the same spot as nine other major leaguers, led by Michael Bourn (22.8 WAR) and Howard Johnson (22.2 WAR).
Jones made his professional debut after the draft with the Short-Season-A Tri-City ValleyCats and hit .