My Take
Taylor Hearn is one of those quietly compelling stories that baseball keeps producing — a big lefty out of tiny Royse City, Texas, who clawed his way into the big leagues and actually stuck around long enough to matter. His time with the Texas Rangers showed real flashes of stuff, that mid-90s fastball pairing with a wicked slider that could look unhittable on good nights, even if the consistency was always the puzzle he was still working to solve. Stints with the Braves and Royals added chapters, but the move to the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in NPB feels like the most interesting turn yet — a guy betting on himself in a new country, a new league, a whole new baseball culture. That kind of choice takes guts, and I respect it. Root for the Royse City kid.
Overview
Taylor Lynn Hearn (born August 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, and Kansas City Royals.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Taylor Hearn
- Name (Japanese)
- テイラー・ハーン
- Reading
- ていらー・はーん
- Born
- August 30, 1994 (age 31)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog
- Origin
- Royse City, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Royse City High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.