{"id":2498763,"date":"2026-07-12T11:34:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2498763"},"modified":"2026-07-12T11:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:34:57","slug":"royals-pick-taylor-rabe-former-greenville-star-pitcher-in-mlb-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-pick-taylor-rabe-former-greenville-star-pitcher-in-mlb-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals pick Taylor Rabe, former Greenville star pitcher, in MLB draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ole Miss pitcher and graduate of Greenville High School Taylor Rabe<\/a>, was selected 30th by the Kansas City Royals in the first round of the MLB Draft on July 11.<\/p>\n\n

Rabe was a standout at Greenville High and was the 2023 South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year and the 2023 South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association (SCBCA) Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

In his sophomore year at Ole Miss<\/a>, he had a 5-3 record with a 3.55 ERA, striking out 105 batters.<\/p>\n

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Rabe had a strong showing in the College World Series, starting against North Carolina and pitching 5\u2154 innings. He allowed one earned run on two hits in an eventual 6-2 loss.<\/p>\n

MORE: <\/strong>Meet the 2026 All-Upstate high school baseball teams, player of year<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Rabe is just two years removed from UCL reconstruction, more commonly known as Tommy John surgery, as he did not play in his freshman year at Ole Miss.<\/p>\n\n

Kamryn Jackson covers high school and college sports for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Greenville News,<\/em>\u00a0Anderson Independent Mail, and the USA TODAY Network. Please email her at\u00a0KEJackson@gannett.com for story ideas, athlete of the week nominations, statistics, and follow her on X @KamxJack (formerly Twitter)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.greenvilleonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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