Taylor Walls
SS | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 10" 185LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 3, #79, Tampa Bay Rays | Florida State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 466 407 53 70 8 10 .172 .268 .285 .553
2023 349 303 50 61 8 22 .201 .305 .333 .638
2024 252 218 27 40 1 16 .183 .282 .248 .530
4 Seasons 1,243 1,080 145 203 18 52 .188 .288 .293 .581
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .172 8 10 .553
2023 .201 8 22 .638
2024 .183 1 16 .530
4 Seasons .188 18 52 .581
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2021 24 745 104 3 2.9 1.7 88.5 106.4 12.2 38.5 .205 .305 .279 .280 .322 33.7 27.8 13.1
2022 25 1888 291 18 6.2 3.9 86.3 105.7 16.6 32.6 .193 .301 .252 .268 .300 28.5 25.8 11.2
2023 26 1420 212 7 3.3 2.0 86.7 104.8 19.1 32.1 .200 .295 .287 .274 .304 28.8 26.4 12.6
2024 27 1028 154 5 3.2 2.0 86.1 104.4 18.2 29.9 .184 .259 .245 .252 .274 24.0 26.6 12.3
Player 5081 761 33 4.3 2.7 86.7 106.4 17.0 32.7 .195 .291 .264 .268 .299 28.4 26.4 12.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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
2021 48.1 23.1 25.0 3.8 35.6 40.4 24.0 4.8 34.6 23.1 25.0 8.7 2.9 1.7
2022 37.8 26.8 26.8 8.6 33.7 36.1 30.2 4.5 30.6 33.0 20.6 4.8 6.2 3.9
2023 35.8 31.6 21.7 10.8 36.3 38.2 25.5 3.8 25.9 36.8 24.5 5.7 3.3 2.0
2024 37.0 29.9 21.4 11.7 40.3 36.4 23.4 3.9 31.2 36.4 20.1 5.2 3.2 2.0
Player 38.5 28.3 24.0 9.2 36.0 37.3 26.7 4.2 30.0 33.4 22.2 5.7 4.3 2.7
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -6 431 41.9 113 .215 .290 .287 24.4 23.9 20.6 .207 .306 .291 34.8
2024 Curveball -2.1 -2 113 11.0 20 .150 .150 .135 30.0 45.0 27.3 .134 .157 .127 9.1
2024 Slider -1.7 -2 111 10.8 26 .125 .208 .185 41.0 38.5 23.3 .127 .152 .167 7.1
2024 Changeup -2.7 -3 105 10.2 28 .115 .154 .159 28.0 25.0 20.6 .119 .182 .173 10.5
2024 Sinker -2.6 -3 104 10.1 25 .143 .238 .248 14.9 24.0 25.0 .182 .304 .286 40.0
2024 Cutter -0.1 0 97 9.4 26 .273 .318 .329 11.4 11.5 15.0 .291 .361 .347 15.8
2024 Split-Finger -2.2 -1 34 3.3 7 .000 .000 .100 41.2 42.9 17.6 .126 .143 .203 0.0
2024 Sweeper 5.4 1 24 2.3 6 .400 .600 .475 28.6 33.3 33.3 .191 .207 .262 0.0
2024 Slurve -1.1 0 9 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .205 .207 .188 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -5 567 39.9 148 .176 .344 .297 24.4 25.0 21.3 .160 .259 .255 30.3
2023 Changeup 0.9 2 191 13.5 54 .300 .460 .356 42.2 24.1 26.0 .283 .382 .318 27.0
2023 Sinker 1.8 3 171 12.0 47 .225 .375 .340 20.3 21.3 21.3 .246 .416 .342 43.3
2023 Slider 0.4 1 157 11.1 33 .300 .433 .353 32.2 36.4 27.9 .192 .288 .252 16.7
2023 Curveball -1.4 -2 129 9.1 20 .000 .000 .070 32.4 30.0 20.7 .075 .087 .136 8.3
2023 Cutter -2.8 -3 122 8.6 23 .105 .158 .215 15.7 17.4 25.0 .232 .274 .304 33.3
2023 Split-Finger -5.8 -2 36 2.5 16 .071 .071 .144 47.4 50.0 38.1 .167 .198 .226 16.7
2023 Sweeper 0.6 0 30 2.1 5 .250 .250 .320 0.0 40.0 16.7 .243 .296 .326 50.0
2023 Slurve -2.5 0 8 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .471 .500 .424 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 176 745 -8 -6 6 4 -4
2022 471 1,917 -22 -22 16 7 -21
2023 355 1,441 -15 -15 18 4 -6
2024 252 1,028 -15 -11 7 4 -15
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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 %
2021 745 53.7 59.8 76.2 19.1 63.6 43.4 29.5 40.9 26.2 7.4 74.5
2022 1,888 51.4 64.9 78.9 19.8 55.5 44.0 28.8 43.0 25.5 7.8 77.6
2023 1,420 52.6 65.6 77.8 17.8 50.0 44.3 30.9 43.0 27.2 7.4 83.8
2024 1,028 50.7 69.3 80.3 20.3 52.4 42.3 38.9 45.1 25.0 9.4 86.6
Player 5,081 51.9 65.2 78.5 19.3 54.6 43.6 31.5 43.1 26.0 8.0 80.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2021 42 87 70
2022 3 2 2 14 15 25 33 9 21 4 21 86 44 97 86 2 57
2023 4 1 1 6 20 2 8 11 14 7 24 89 39 97 73 7 60
2024 12 62 24 37
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 21.4 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 0.0
2022 22.8 8 7.9 0 5 7 3 37.5
2023 22.7 8 6.7 1 1 8 1 12.5
2024 22.3 1 2.1 -1 2 2 1 100.0
Player 22.7 18 17.7 0 9 18 5 27.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
2022 8 6 5 9 9 9 9 6 8 5 8 11 7 6 10 11 6 6 7 9 7 7 12 9 5 5 11 10 8 8 7
2023 8 5 5 7 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 7 7 6 8 8 9 6 8 9 7 4 9 8 6 5 7 7 7 6 3
2024 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 2 3
Player 18 16 12 19 17 20 20 18 15 12 17 21 18 14 21 21 18 16 17 22 18 14 25 22 15 13 20 20 19 17 13
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.5 86.3 -2.2 86.7 0.4 86.1 -0.6
Launch Angle 12.2 16.6 4.4 19.1 2.5 18.2 -0.9
Barrel % 2.9 6.2 3.3 3.3 -2.9 3.2 -0.1
Hard Hit % 33.7 28.5 -5.2 28.8 0.3 24.0 -4.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 38.5 32.6 -5.9 32.1 -0.5 29.9 -2.2
xBA .205 .193 -0.012 .200 0.007 .184 -0.016
BA .211 .172 -0.039 .201 0.029 .183 -0.018
xwOBA .280 .268 -0.012 .274 0.006 .252 -0.022
wOBA .279 .252 -0.027 .287 0.035 .245 -0.042
xSLG .305 .301 -0.004 .295 -0.006 .259 -0.036
SLG .296 .285 -0.011 .333 0.048 .248 -0.085
K% 27.8 25.8 -2.0 26.4 0.6 26.6 0.2
BB% 13.1 11.2 -1.9 12.6 1.4 12.3 -0.3
Swing % 40.9 43.0 2.1 43.0 0.0 45.1 2.1
Whiff% 26.2 25.5 -0.7 27.2 1.7 25.0 -2.2
In Zone % 53.7 51.4 -2.3 52.6 1.2 50.7 -1.9
Out of Zone % 46.3 48.6 2.3 47.4 -1.2 49.3 1.9
Out of Zone Swing % 19.1 19.8 0.7 17.8 -2.0 20.3 2.5
First Pitch Swing % 29.5 28.8 -0.7 30.9 2.1 38.9 8.0
First Pitch Strike % 60.2 59.4 -0.8 57.6 -1.8 59.9 2.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 102 26 25.5 .228 .396
2021 Shifts R 67 8 11.9 .258 .283
2022 Shifts L 329 124 37.7 .259 .240
2022 Shifts R 137 51 37.2 .237 .281
2023 Shades L 256 98 38.3 .282 .241
2023 Shades R 93 6 6.5 .360 .147
2024 Shades L 195 83 42.6 .228 .269
2024 Shades R 56 11 19.6 .239 .145
! 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 %
2021 228 18.4 15.8% 2.2% 151 23.6 0.0% 7.9%
2022 567 17.7 20.8% 2.6% 355 23.1 0.6% 10.1%
2023 384 15.5 42.4% 0.0% 287 20.3 1.0% 1.0%
2024 286 15.7 39.2% 0.3% 182 18.9 2.2% 0.5%
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