PITTSBURGH — It would be understandable, given what he's gone through this season, if Jameson Taillon was ready to be done.
After a shocking cancer diagnosis and subsequent surgery cost him five weeks of the season and interrupted what had been a sparkling start to his second season in the majors, Taillon settled in for the long grind and had a reliable, if not spectacular rest of the 2017 season.
With the team’s fate fading around him, Taillon also suffered a reversal of fortunes in the month of August. In six starts, he had a 6.60 ERA and allowed an .