Taylor Featherston
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 185LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 5, #168, Colorado Rockies | Texas Christian
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 169 154 23 25 2 4 .162 .212 .247 .459
2016 28 26 2 3 0 2 .115 .179 .154 .333
2017 47 39 6 7 2 1 .179 .277 .359 .636
3 Seasons 244 219 31 35 4 7 .160 .221 .256 .477
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .162 2 4 .459
2016 .115 0 2 .333
2017 .179 2 1 .636
3 Seasons .160 4 7 .477
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%
2015 25 636 113 3 2.7 1.8 86.7 107.1 9.5 28.3 .207 .289 .206 .245 .310 25.7 27.2 4.1
2016 26 113 15 0 0.0 0.0 83.9 103.5 25.8 26.7 .103 .148 .156 .150 .188 20.0 39.3 7.1
2017 27 212 26 2 7.7 4.3 90.2 107.2 16.3 26.9 .189 .368 .274 .305 .390 50.0 31.9 10.6
Player 961 154 5 3.2 2.0 87.0 107.2 12.4 27.9 .191 .287 .213 .246 .312 29.2 29.5 5.7
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
2015 52.2 19.5 22.1 6.2 37.2 31.9 31.0 2.7 36.3 24.8 21.2 5.3 2.7 1.8
2016 33.3 20.0 20.0 26.7 40.0 33.3 26.7 0.0 33.3 53.3 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 34.6 50.0 15.4 0.0 26.9 46.2 26.9 3.8 23.1 38.5 15.4 11.5 7.7 4.3
Player 47.4 24.7 20.8 7.1 35.7 34.4 29.9 2.6 33.8 29.9 19.5 5.8 3.2 2.0
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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 -2 66 31.1 16 .167 .417 .313 29.7 31.3 22.7 .190 .502 .384 62.5
2017 Sinker -1.5 -1 61 28.8 20 .188 .188 .285 24.0 30.0 40.0 .198 .261 .284 54.5
2017 Slider -4.6 -1 27 12.7 5 .000 .000 .000 42.9 60.0 37.5 .021 .030 .021 0.0
2017 Changeup 3.6 1 23 10.8 3 .333 1.333 .667 50.0 0.0 0.0 .555 1.226 .726 66.7
2017 Curveball 4.6 1 19 9.0 3 .333 .667 .417 50.0 33.3 12.5 .056 .107 .071 0.0
2017 Cutter 3.5 0 9 4.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Split-Finger -0.2 0 7 3.3 -- -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 169 636 -7 -6 2 1 -9
2016 28 113 -1 -3 0 0 -4
2017 47 212 -2 -5 3 1 -2
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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 %
2015 636 49.1 61.9 78.2 37.0 62.5 46.2 30.8 49.2 24.0 8.3 75.5
2016 113 55.8 76.2 66.7 32.0 50.0 38.9 50.0 56.6 37.5 8.0 66.7
2017 212 45.8 68.0 72.7 18.3 47.6 42.0 23.4 41.0 32.2 7.5 56.3
Player 961 49.1 65.0 75.2 32.1 59.2 44.4 31.6 48.3 27.4 8.1 70.5
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
2015 54 93
2016 33 82
2017 55 79
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 22.3 2 2.0 0 0 1 1 50.0
Player 22.3 2 2.0 0 0 1 1 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Player 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.7 83.9 -2.8 90.2 6.3
Launch Angle 9.5 25.8 16.3 16.3 -9.5
Barrel % 2.7 0.0 -2.7 7.7 7.7
Hard Hit % 25.7 20.0 -5.7 50.0 30.0
Sweet Spot % 28.3 26.7 -1.6 26.9 0.2
xBA .207 .103 -0.104 .189 0.086
BA .162 .115 -0.047 .179 0.064
xwOBA .245 .150 -0.095 .305 0.155
wOBA .206 .156 -0.050 .274 0.118
xSLG .289 .148 -0.141 .368 0.220
SLG .247 .154 -0.093 .359 0.205
K% 27.2 39.3 12.1 31.9 -7.4
BB% 4.1 7.1 3.0 10.6 3.5
Swing % 49.2 56.6 7.4 41.0 -15.6
Whiff% 24.0 37.5 13.5 32.2 -5.3
In Zone % 49.1 55.8 6.7 45.8 -10.0
Out of Zone % 50.9 44.2 -6.7 54.2 10.0
Out of Zone Swing % 37.0 32.0 -5.0 18.3 -13.7
First Pitch Swing % 30.8 50.0 19.2 23.4 -26.6
First Pitch Strike % 64.5 75.0 10.5 51.1 -23.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 28 1 3.6 .130 .878
2017 Shifts R 47 0 0.0 .274
! 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 %
2015 179 18.5 25.7% 3.4% 96 24.4 7.3% 22.9%
2016 32 20.7 21.9% 12.5% 9 23.8 0.0% 0.0%
2017 76 16.4 27.6% 1.3% 32 21.3 3.1% 0.0%
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