Jameson Lee Taillon was born November 18, 1991 in Lakeland, Florida. He was the second overall pick in the 2010 MLB Draft, chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Taillon pitched for the Pirates for 3½ years, amassing a won-loss record of 29-24 over 466 innings, with a 3.67 ERA, after surfacing in 2016, post-Tommy John surgery. He also had testicular cancer in 2017 and had one testicle removed, and missed part of 2019 and all of 2020 due to surgery to repair a flexor tendon as well as UCL revision.
In 2021, he was traded to the New York Yankees for RHP Miguel Yajure (Yankees’ No.