Taylor Motter
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 195LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 17, #540, Tampa Bay Rays | Coastal Carolina
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 29 26 5 5 0 0 .192 .276 .308 .584
2022 6 6 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .334
2023 82 76 3 13 0 0 .171 .232 .211 .443
6 Seasons 528 480 50 90 10 13 .188 .258 .294 .552
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .192 0 0 .584
2022 .167 0 0 .334
2023 .171 0 0 .443
6 Seasons .188 10 13 .552
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2016 26 398 62 3 4.8 3.2 85.3 110.0 11.5 32.3 .200 .315 .267 .278 .283 22.6 20.4 11.8
2017 27 1115 197 8 4.1 2.9 87.3 110.9 12.5 35.5 .240 .365 .254 .290 .338 32.7 22.1 7.5
2018 28 150 26 1 3.8 2.6 80.8 106.1 4.5 23.1 .213 .356 .219 .293 .322 38.5 21.1 10.5
2021 31 126 18 1 5.6 3.4 88.7 107.5 20.8 33.3 .173 .257 .259 .236 .265 44.4 27.6 10.3
2022 32 25 3 0 0.0 0.0 85.7 107.9 26.7 33.3 .203 .212 .147 .184 .368 33.3 50.0 0.0
2023 33 324 45 4 8.9 4.9 87.0 114.8 19.2 37.8 .186 .269 .204 .232 .330 46.7 37.8 6.1
Player 2138 351 17 4.8 3.2 86.5 114.8 13.2 34.2 .219 .333 .245 .275 .323 33.7 24.8 8.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 48.4 25.8 19.4 6.5 40.3 37.1 22.6 3.2 41.9 25.8 21.0 3.2 4.8 3.2
2017 41.1 24.4 26.4 8.1 48.7 32.5 18.8 6.1 29.9 28.4 23.9 6.6 4.1 2.9
2018 57.7 15.4 15.4 11.5 38.5 30.8 30.8 15.4 38.5 15.4 23.1 3.8 3.8 2.6
2021 33.3 33.3 16.7 16.7 38.9 44.4 16.7 5.6 27.8 38.9 22.2 0.0 5.6 3.4
2022 33.3 0.0 33.3 33.3 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 66.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
2023 35.6 24.4 24.4 15.6 44.4 33.3 22.2 8.9 28.9 22.2 20.0 11.1 8.9 4.9
Player 42.5 24.2 23.6 9.7 45.0 34.5 20.5 6.6 32.2 26.8 23.1 6.0 4.8 3.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.6 -3 106 32.7 25 .143 .190 .234 28.3 44.0 31.4 .139 .225 .242 80.0
2023 Sinker -3.2 -2 68 21.0 19 .222 .278 .245 21.2 21.1 33.3 .258 .428 .315 35.7
2023 Slider -3.8 -2 65 20.1 16 .063 .063 .056 39.3 56.3 40.9 .114 .126 .105 28.6
2023 Cutter -2.0 0 23 7.1 5 .200 .200 .180 22.2 20.0 25.0 .173 .258 .178 50.0
2023 Sweeper 1.7 0 21 6.5 6 .200 .200 .267 42.9 33.3 18.2 .086 .090 .182 0.0
2023 Curveball -0.2 0 20 6.2 4 .250 .250 .225 25.0 50.0 25.0 .336 .388 .315 100.0
2023 Changeup 0.8 0 20 6.2 6 .333 .500 .358 33.3 33.3 22.2 .218 .241 .200 25.0
2023 Split-Finger -14.3 0 1 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .817 1.236 .864 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -7.0 -1 10 40.0 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 40.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 Changeup -8.6 -1 7 28.0 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 25.0 .018 .025 .019 0.0
2022 Slider 12.2 1 5 20.0 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .592 .613 .532 50.0
2022 Curveball -4.0 0 2 8.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 Sinker -8.6 0 1 4.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.8 -1 36 28.6 7 .000 .000 .200 21.1 28.6 15.4 .021 .039 .217 0.0
2021 Slider 0.2 0 28 22.2 7 .286 .571 .357 38.5 28.6 11.1 .269 .511 .328 80.0
2021 Cutter -1.9 0 23 18.3 2 .000 .000 .000 38.5 100.0 28.6 -- -- .000 --
2021 Sinker -0.6 0 20 15.9 7 .333 .333 .357 0.0 0.0 0.0 .361 .412 .387 50.0
2021 Changeup -4.3 -1 15 11.9 5 .200 .400 .250 33.3 20.0 16.7 .068 .088 .069 25.0
2021 Curveball -5.4 0 4 3.2 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 0 55 36.7 7 .000 .000 .200 21.1 42.9 15.8 .104 .258 .305 50.0
2018 Slider 0.3 0 29 19.3 11 .200 .200 .227 14.3 27.3 17.6 .214 .307 .270 42.9
2018 Sinker 1.2 0 28 18.7 8 .429 .857 .563 0.0 0.0 0.0 .438 .874 .575 42.9
2018 Changeup -4.7 -1 19 12.7 7 .000 .000 .000 14.3 14.3 12.5 .139 .145 .133 33.3
2018 Curveball -10.0 -1 13 8.7 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 33.3 50.0 .061 .070 .072 0.0
2018 Cutter 1.3 0 6 4.0 2 .000 .000 .450 20.0 0.0 0.0 .186 .195 .168 50.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 359 32.2 87 .208 .416 .322 16.3 17.2 14.4 .227 .408 .316 37.1
2017 Sinker -3.0 -8 265 23.8 71 .203 .281 .272 10.9 22.5 26.7 .214 .301 .267 39.6
2017 Slider -1.4 -3 183 16.4 48 .196 .261 .221 30.5 27.1 19.4 .262 .358 .286 18.2
2017 Changeup -3.4 -4 115 10.3 25 .087 .087 .128 24.1 16.0 9.8 .234 .325 .277 26.3
2017 Curveball 1.9 2 95 8.5 20 .150 .300 .190 36.1 25.0 13.9 .222 .272 .212 20.0
2017 Cutter -2.2 -1 57 5.1 17 .235 .471 .316 28.1 29.4 41.7 .274 .511 .328 33.3
2017 Split-Finger 3.7 1 19 1.7 3 .333 .667 .417 11.1 33.3 9.1 .462 .575 .440 100.0
2017 Slurve -0.2 0 11 1.0 5 .400 .400 .360 57.1 60.0 60.0 .268 .297 .252 0.0
2017 Sweeper 2.2 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Knuckleball 6.9 0 2 0.2 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .630 1.032 .695 100.0
2017 Screwball -15.8 0 2 0.2 1 -- -- .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .079 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 93 398 -4 -4 3 3 -2
2017 279 1,110 -15 -10 9 3 -14
2018 38 150 -1 -2 1 1 -2
2021 29 126 -1 -2 0 1 -2
2023 82 324 -4 -5 1 1 -8
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2016 398 49.5 60.4 89.9 25.4 52.9 43.5 30.1 42.7 21.2 8.8 82.9
2017 1,115 52.3 63.5 85.1 23.8 60.3 42.5 28.9 44.7 20.9 8.9 73.7
2018 150 58.0 58.6 86.3 12.7 87.5 46.0 23.7 39.3 13.6 13.3 85.0
2021 126 46.8 79.7 76.6 31.3 57.1 44.4 20.7 54.0 29.4 8.7 81.8
2022 25 60.0 66.7 70.0 30.0 66.7 52.0 16.7 52.0 30.8 8.0 100.0
2023 324 50.0 69.8 78.8 30.2 53.1 38.3 32.9 50.0 29.0 6.8 86.4
Player 2,138 51.6 64.4 84.2 25.0 58.1 42.5 28.8 45.4 22.6 8.9 78.8
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2016 74 61
2017 81 45 17
2018 46 41
2021 49 29
2023 94 29 38
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.9 2 1.5 1 3 2 0 0.0
2017 23.0 7 8.7 -2 7 8 3 42.9
2018 24.5 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.2 10 11.2 -1 10 10 4 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
2017 7 10 6 8 11 10 11 6 8 6 10 12 9 8 9 6 7 7 9 10 9 8 11 7 7 6 7 14 12 11 6
2018 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 10 12 8 10 13 12 14 8 11 8 13 16 12 10 11 8 8 10 11 13 12 11 14 11 9 8 10 17 15 14 8
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.3 87.3 2.0 -- -6.5 -- -- -- -- 88.7 -- 85.7 -3.0 87.0 1.3
Launch Angle 11.5 12.5 1.0 -- -8.0 -- -- -- -- 20.8 -- 26.7 5.9 19.2 -7.5
Barrel % 4.8 4.1 -0.7 -- -0.3 -- -- -- -- 5.6 -- 0.0 -5.6 8.9 8.9
Hard Hit % 22.6 32.7 10.1 -- 5.8 -- -- -- -- 44.4 -- 33.3 -11.1 46.7 13.4
Sweet Spot % 32.3 35.5 3.2 -- -12.4 -- -- -- -- 33.3 -- 33.3 0.0 37.8 4.5
xBA .200 .240 0.040 -- -0.027 -- -- -- -- .173 -- .203 0.030 .186 -0.017
BA .188 .198 0.010 -- -0.051 -- -- -- -- .192 -- .167 -0.025 .171 0.004
xwOBA .278 .290 0.012 -- 0.003 -- -- -- -- .236 -- .184 -0.052 .232 0.048
wOBA .267 .254 -0.013 -- -0.035 -- -- -- -- .259 -- .147 -0.112 .204 0.057
xSLG .315 .365 0.050 -- -0.009 -- -- -- -- .257 -- .212 -0.045 .269 0.057
SLG .300 .326 0.026 -- -0.091 -- -- -- -- .308 -- .167 -0.141 .211 0.044
K% 20.4 22.1 1.7 -- -1.0 -- -- -- -- 27.6 -- 50.0 22.4 37.8 -12.2
BB% 11.8 7.5 -4.3 -- 3.0 -- -- -- -- 10.3 -- 0.0 -10.3 6.1 6.1
Swing % 42.7 44.7 2.0 -- -5.4 -- -- -- -- 54.0 -- 52.0 -2.0 50.0 -2.0
Whiff% 21.2 20.9 -0.3 -- -7.3 -- -- -- -- 29.4 -- 30.8 1.4 29.0 -1.8
In Zone % 49.5 52.3 2.8 -- 5.7 -- -- -- -- 46.8 -- 60.0 13.2 50.0 -10.0
Out of Zone % 50.5 47.7 -2.8 -- -5.7 -- -- -- -- 53.2 -- 40.0 -13.2 50.0 10.0
Out of Zone Swing % 25.4 23.8 -1.6 -- -11.1 -- -- -- -- 31.3 -- 30.0 -1.3 30.2 0.2
First Pitch Swing % 30.1 28.9 -1.2 -- -5.2 -- -- -- -- 20.7 -- 16.7 -4.0 32.9 16.2
First Pitch Strike % 69.9 64.6 -5.3 -- 11.7 -- -- -- -- 51.7 -- 66.7 15.0 61.0 -5.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 92 1 1.1 .266 .691
2017 Shifts R 279 22 7.9 .248 .339
2018 Shifts R 38 9 23.7 .209 .251
2021 Shifts R 29 4 13.8 .251 .310
2022 Shifts R 6 6 100.0 .147
2023 Shades R 82 10 12.2 .221 .088
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2016 122 15.9 38.5% 3.3% 77 24.3 6.5% 16.9%
2017 287 16.6 32.8% 0.7% 233 22.4 0.4% 11.2%
2018 53 15.7 45.3% 0.0% 24 20.9 0.0% 8.3%
2021 31 19.6 16.1% 3.2% 22 23.2 0.0% 0.0%
2022 6 18.5 0.0% 0.0% 4 22.0 0.0% 0.0%
2023 86 15.0 48.8% 0.0% 52 17.9 11.5% 0.0%
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