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Tayler Saucedo transformed himself in nine months.

He went from winless on the mound for Tahoma High’s baseball team as a junior during the 2010 season to 7-1 in his senior campaign, helping to lead the Bears to a South Puget Sound League North Division title, while also catching the attention of college coaches and professional scouts.

Saucedo started playing baseball before he could even read.

“Since I could pick up a bat or glove, I’ve been playing baseball,” he said.

When he was in Little League All Stars in middle school Saucedo decided he wanted to get serious about the sport.

But, it wasn’t until after his first year on Tahoma’s varsity squad that he really made a point of focusing on baseball.

“When I was coming into last season, I didn’t prepare myself at all,” he said. “First day of practice was the first time picking up a glove since the previous year. I had a bad season, I went 0-4, I had to better prepare myself.”

After high school ball ended a year ago, Saucedo filled every waking moment with baseball, pitching every single day in bull pens, playing summer ball, trying to make himself the kind of hurler who would be valuable to the Bears.

The 6-foot-4, 170 pounder was scared as a junior, he explained, so last summer he had to find his confidence.

When he struck out 17 batters during a summer ball game with his select team he knew he could go out on the mound and throw anything without worrying about getting hit too hard.

This year, Saucedo three five complete games in 11 starts, finishing 7-1. He allowed 47 hits, gave up 38 walks and struck out 79 batters. Opposing batters hit .200 against him and at the end of the season he had a 2.25 ERA.

“Not bad for a guy who never won a game for us junior year,” wrote Tahoma coach Russ Hayden in an email.

In reality, Tahoma’s pitching staff likely would have been incomplete without the fierce left hander, who, classmates described as a great pitcher but also a good person.

“He worked his butt off this year,” said classmate Sammii Jimenez. “He’s easily the most athletic guy at our school. He’s the first one to own up to his mistakes and never brags about his successes. He’s also one of the most caring people I know.”

Saucedo, however, gave credit to his teammates, explaining that the pitching staff had three college-bound throwers in himself, Chris Kerwood and Spencer Hobson, as well as a stout line up.

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