<p>There’s a look, a sound and a feel to Grant Taylor’s 98-mph fastball when he’s on top of his game.</p><p>“Very crispy” is how White Sox pitching coach Zach Bove described the stuff Taylor showed on Saturday, when the second-year right-hander needed just 19 pitches to strike out four Royals over two flawless innings.</p><p>“It was a pretty electric outing,” Bove said. “I actually asked him out there if that was his best outing of the year and he said, ‘Yeah, definitely up there.’”</p><p>It ended a brief series of June stumbles for Taylor, who had given up at least a run in each of his previous five outings.</p><p>“Couldn’t ask for more — dominant, attacking the zone,” Bove said. “It was awesome, and exactly what we needed, too.”</p><p>A tweak to the positioning of his back foot in the delivery made a quick difference for Taylor, who has stoked <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/06/08/white-sox-all-stars-munetaka-murakami-miguel-vargas-colson-montgomery" >All-Star talk</a> while running a 3-1 record with a 2.83 ERA over 31 games, striking out 60 batters in 40 ⅓ innings.