The Reds drafted Taylor Terrasas in the 30th round of the 2013 draft out of Louisiana Tech. The Reds would send him to Billings to play third base for the Mustangs.
He would make his debut as a pinch hitter on the 20th of June against Great Falls where he would ground into a force out. He would make his first start two days later with a 1-5 effort with a double. He would go hitless four days later in his next start before going 3-7 with 2 runs, a double and a walk to finish out June. Terrasas only had 19 plate appearances in June, hitting .222/.263/.333 with 2 doubles, a walk and 5 strikeouts.
After going hitless in the first game of a double header on the 2nd of July, Terrasas went 5-15 over his next five games with 2 runs, 3 doubles, a walk and an RBI. The third baseman would go into a slump over the next ten days as he went 2-18, though he did hit his first home run of his professional career against Grand Junction on the 17th of July. He would finish out the month of July with two 2-4 games split up by an 0-4 and 0-3 with a walk game. July was inconsistent for Terrasas but he would finish with a .216/.375/.333 line to go along with 3 doubles, a home run, 8 walks and 12 strikeouts in 64 plate appearances. He was also hit by 5 pitches in the month. The walk rate was very high and his strikeout rate was solid, but the hits didn’t fall in at a high rate.
The August and September stretch began slow as Terassas went 2-15 before running off a 3-game hit streak. Following that hit streak though he would get a hit in just one of the remaining six games, going 1-20 with 2 walks. He would finish up the August and September stretch with a .149/.255/.170 line in 55 plate appearances with 6 walks and 11 strikeouts. The walk and strikeout rates were solid, but once again he struggled to have the hits fall in when he did put the ball in play and the power didn’t show up with just one double during the time frame.
Season Stats
| PA | R | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 138 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 28 | .190 | .312 | .267 | .579 |
Overall Thoughts
Taylor Terrasas showed off good plate discipline during the season with a solid walk and strikeout rate. He struggled to hit for power and his batting average on balls in play was .239, which is lower than the generally accepted average of .300 so he was likely a bit unlucky in that respect. While it wasn’t discussed in the above breakdown, he did struggle defensively as he posted an .877 fielding percentage during the season. Power was never a part of his game in college, hitting just 5 total home runs in four seasons, so it isn’t likely to see big leaps forward in power output but his game could use a bit more power even if it is of the gap variety.
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