Wade Eric Taylor (born October 19, 1965, in Mobile, Alabama) is an American pitching coach and former Major League Baseball pitcher who played with the New York Yankees in 1991. He has been an advance scout for the Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers. Taylor played college baseball at the University of Miami. He was drafted twice in 1986, first by the Toronto Blue Jays, and then by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign with either team. On June 30, 1987, he was signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.