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Glad to have the dialogue.
I try not to bury people in the technicalites, but sometimes I have to.
Taylor is a mistake.  He was supposed to be in the first spreadsheet since he is in AAA at 23.  So I see why you're confused.  I'll edit in a correction.
The "MLB Track" doesn't "eliminate" guys ... I just give less weight to otherwise-impressive stats.  But the college guys with a real good shot at MLB success aren't affected anyway.  All of the college players on the MLB roster except James Jones were in AAA or better by 23: Zunino, Seager, Miller and Ackley.  Taylor is there at 23, and D.J. will be.  Jones was from a northern climate and low-mid-major school, and was considered more of a pitcher in college, so it took him longer.  Even so, he was at AAA by 24.
The guys moving up more slowly are all longshots to have any real MLB success.  I do give more leeway to Kivlehan (northerner and football), Pizzano (northerner, mid-major), Paolini (northerner, mid-major) and Blash (from a location with very little organized baseball).  I give some, but not as much, to Henry (Florida, but mid-major college) and Wilson (California and major-conference college -- but hampered by the so-called "Stanford approach").  I've been hoping that Wilson will rocket up the ladder, but he hasn't yet.  But he still might.
But when a guy like Jack Marder, from California and a major-conference school, is still in AA at age-24, or before him a guy like Rich Poythress from Georgia, the odds are just very, very small that they'll have any kind of MLB impact even though they can put up some interesting stats.
And, no, I just do this mostly for fun and a little extra income where possible.
Thanks!