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Jameson Taillon
Popularity: ↑ 116%
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 5" 230LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 1, #2, Pittsburgh Pirates | The Woodlands HS
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 2 3 4.10 7 7 0 37.1 30 1.13
4 Seasons 29 24 3.67 82 82 0 466.0 419 1.25
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 7 2-3 4.10 37.1 30 1.13
4 Seasons 82 29-24 3.67 466.0 419 1.25

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Statcast Statistics

Season Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2016 1550 313 13 4.2 88.9 7.8 24.6 .224 .347 .300 .265 .312 37.4 20.3 4.1 3.38 3.01
2017 2322 412 17 4.1 86.3 9.2 33 .254 .380 .337 .304 .352 31.2 21.3 7.8 4.44 4.01
2018 2960 554 24 4.3 87.8 10.4 35 .235 .368 .294 .286 .344 31.8 22.8 5.9 3.20 3.45
2019 555 118 8 6.8 89 7.7 33.1 .262 .434 .284 .314 .364 39.8 19 5.1 4.10 4.44
7387 1397 62 4.4 87.7 9.3 31.9 .240 .372 .308 .289 .341 33.5 21.5 6
6.4 88.3 11.9 32.8 .243 .402 .318 .312 .362 35.1 21.8 8.3

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Taillon relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(31.9%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(27.2%) ,
Sinker
(19.8%) ,
Curveball
(15.7%) ,
Changeup
(5.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # # RHB # LHB % MPH PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Spin Whiff% PutAway%
2019 Slider 177 90 87 31.9 88.7 51 48 10 4 4 1 1 11 37 .208 .251 .396 .407 .272 .299 89.6 9 2473 27.3 19.6
2019 4-Seam Fastball 151 59 92 27.2 94.7 35 32 7 4 0 1 2 7 25 .219 .230 .469 .435 .315 .312 82.6 19 2328 26.0 15.2
2019 Sinker 110 61 49 19.8 94.9 37 34 8 4 3 0 1 6 28 .235 .303 .412 .500 .301 .363 90.6 -1 2288 17.5 24.0
2019 Curveball 87 34 53 15.7 82.2 25 24 5 4 1 0 0 6 19 .208 .225 .250 .356 .188 .244 89.6 10 2746 27.0 23.1
2019 Changeup 30 4 26 5.4 88.0 9 9 4 3 1 0 0 0 9 .444 .386 .556 .529 .425 .392 91.8 -2 1897 12.5 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1045 433 612 35.5 95.2 251 227 59 38 13 2 6 62 168 .260 .229 .414 .357 .319 .288 87.4 20 2350 24.3 20.3
2018 Sinker 644 337 307 21.9 95.2 192 176 45 38 3 1 3 21 157 .256 .257 .335 .370 .287 .304 87.0 5 2223 15.2 13.9
2018 Curveball 581 257 324 19.7 82.2 133 128 26 16 8 0 2 58 70 .203 .173 .313 .276 .237 .213 85.9 3 2649 37.8 24.6
2018 Slider 543 314 229 18.4 89.8 175 167 40 25 7 2 6 36 132 .240 .262 .413 .428 .293 .311 89.0 11 2393 23.9 22.8
2018 Changeup 134 13 121 4.5 87.9 27 26 9 6 0 0 3 2 24 .346 .302 .692 .554 .447 .379 89.2 4 1709 17.5 15.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2019 4-Seamer PIT R 151 94.7 17.2 -2.1 -14 1.3 -6.2 -82
2019 Slider PIT R 177 88.7 30 -1.8 -6 5.4 2.1 64
2019 Sinker PIT R 110 94.9 20 -0.6 -3 11.8 -2.8 -19
2019 Changeup PIT R 30 88 27.7 -0.6 -2 11.7 -2.1 -15
2019 Curveball PIT R 87 82.2 52.7 1.6 3 10.4 3.2 44
2018 4-Seamer PIT R 1045 95.2 14.8 0 0 4 -3.5 -47
2018 Sinker PIT R 644 95.2 19.6 -0.2 -1 13.3 -1 -7
2018 Changeup PIT R 134 87.9 26.5 -2.3 -8 9.2 -4.6 -33
2018 Curveball PIT R 581 82.2 55 3.8 7 10.7 3.4 48
2018 Slider PIT R 543 89.8 28 -1.7 -6 4.7 1.3 40
2017 Changeup PIT R 228 88.1 24.5 -2.1 -8 10.1 -3.5 -26
2017 Sinker PIT R 814 95 20.3 1.4 8 14.2 -0.7 -5
2017 Curveball PIT R 602 81.4 54.5 3.9 8 9.7 2.7 39
2017 4-Seamer PIT R 673 95.3 13.9 -0.8 -6 5.9 -2.1 -26
2016 4-Seamer PIT R 305 95 14.1 -1.3 -10 6.1 -2.4 -28
2016 Changeup PIT R 154 87.6 23.4 -3.4 -13 5.8 -7.6 -57
2016 Curveball PIT R 378 80.6 55 4.8 10 7.5 0.8 13
2016 Sinker PIT R 589 94.8 18.3 0.6 4 11.9 -2.8 -19
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2019 Changeup 9.8 3 30 5.4 9 .444 .556 .639 12.5 0 0 .386 .529 .392 44.4
2019 Curveball -1 -1 87 15.7 25 .208 .25 .23 27 24 23.1 .225 .356 .244 47.4
2019 4-Seamer 0.7 1 151 27.2 35 .219 .469 .349 26 20 15.2 .23 .435 .311 24
2019 Sinker -2 -2 110 19.8 37 .235 .412 .309 17.5 16.2 24 .303 .5 .364 50
2019 Slider -0.4 -1 177 31.9 51 .208 .396 .316 27.3 21.6 19.6 .251 .407 .3 37.8
2018 Changeup 2.6 3 134 4.5 27 .346 .692 .448 17.5 7.4 15.4 .302 .554 .379 41.7
2018 Curveball -0.4 -2 581 19.6 133 .203 .313 .24 37.8 43.6 24.6 .173 .276 .213 21.4
2018 Slider -1.8 -10 543 18.3 175 .24 .413 .3 23.9 20.6 22.8 .262 .428 .312 37.1
2018 Sinker -2.3 -15 644 21.8 192 .256 .335 .296 15.2 10.9 13.9 .257 .369 .305 31.2
2018 4-Seamer -0.2 -2 1045 35.3 251 .26 .414 .321 24.3 24.7 20.3 .229 .357 .289 31
2017 Changeup 0.8 2 228 9.8 52 .244 .444 .32 18.8 5.8 5.5 .311 .527 .379 38.6
2017 Curveball -0.9 -5 602 25.9 148 .241 .338 .267 32.3 48 26.5 .19 .258 .203 24.3
2017 4-Seamer -0.3 -2 673 29 165 .264 .443 .342 15.4 13.3 10.5 .264 .421 .332 26.2
2017 Sinker 1 8 814 35.1 217 .347 .508 .402 17.7 13.4 16.8 .285 .413 .338 36.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 385 1433 -8 -10 6 5 -7
2017 582 2317 -12 -12 21 6 2
2018 778 2947 -13 -33 14 6 -26
2019 157 555 2 -6 2 3 0
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2016 1550 45.9 69.2 89.1 30.6 63.4 43.7 61.7 49 18.4 6.4 66.3
2017 2322 49.3 65.9 85.9 28.5 61.5 45.2 62.4 47 20.1 7.1 71.3
2018 2960 50.7 67.3 82.4 30.9 58.8 45 63.7 49.3 23.8 7.7 70.6
2019 555 51.2 67.3 84.8 35.1 53.7 45.4 67.7 51.5 24.1 5.2 69
7387 49.3 67.2 85 30.4 60.2 44.8 63.2 48.7 21.6 7.1 70
48.4 66.6 82.2 28.4 59 42.6 60.6 46.9 24.3 7.2 75.7

Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2016 55 14.7 24 6.4 41.9 35.8 22.4 3.5 38.7 17.3 22.4 4.8 4.2
2017 49 17 27.9 6.1 35.7 40.8 23.5 5.6 34.2 19.7 28.4 5.6 4.1
2018 47.7 20.9 25.3 6.1 34.5 41 24.5 2.9 38.4 22.7 24.2 5.4 4.3
2019 50.8 16.9 27.1 5.1 42.4 31.4 26.3 3.4 44.1 15.3 22 6.8 6.8
50 18 25.9 6.1 37.2 38.9 23.9 3.9 37.7 20 24.8 5.4 4.4
45.3 21.9 25.7 7.1 36.6 37.9 25.5 3.5 33.5 24.3 24.5 5.6 6.4

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2016 89 75 77 75 95 55 81 37 27 46 97 13 89 81 45 75
2017 59 36 65 79 48 41 84 71 66 46 59 19 59 82 48 78
2018 71 54 60 69 76 30 88 67 77 54 86 43 71 82 68 77
2019 78 63 82
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 21.3 4 4.1 0 7 2 2 50

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 4 3 6 4 5 3 3 5 4 4 7 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 2 3 3 5 4 5 5 3 5 3 5
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for 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 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.8 95.1 0.3 ↑ 95.2 0.1 ↑ -0.4 ↓ undefined
Offspeed Velocity 87.6 88.1 0.5 ↑ 87.9 -0.2 ↓ 0.1 ↑ undefined
Breaking Velocity 80.6 81.4 0.8 ↑ 85.9 4.5 ↑ 0.6 ↑ undefined
Exit Velocity 88.9 86.3 -2.6 ↓ 87.8 1.5 ↑ 1.2 ↑ undefined
Launch Angle 7.8 9.2 1.4 ↑ 10.4 1.2 ↑ -2.7 ↓ undefined
Barrel % 4.2 4.1 -0.1 ↓ 4.3 0.2 ↑ 2.5 ↑ undefined
Hard Hit % 37.4 31.2 -6.2 ↓ 31.8 0.6 ↑ 8 ↑ undefined
Sweet Spot % 24.6 33 8.4 ↑ 35 2 ↑ -1.9 ↓ undefined
xBA .224 .254 0.03 ↑ .235 -0.019 ↓ 0.027 ↑ undefined
BA .252 .29 0.038 ↑ .246 -0.044 ↓ -0.015 ↓ undefined
xwOBA .265 .304 0.039 ↑ .286 -0.018 ↓ 0.028 ↑ undefined
wOBA .3 .337 0.037 ↑ .294 -0.043 ↓ -0.01 ↓ undefined
xSLG .347 .38 0.033 ↑ .368 -0.012 ↓ 0.066 ↑ undefined
SLG .415 .44 0.025 ↑ .385 -0.055 ↓ 0.016 ↑ undefined
K% 20.3 21.3 1 ↑ 22.8 1.5 ↑ -3.8 ↓ undefined
BB% 4.1 7.8 3.7 ↑ 5.9 -1.9 ↓ -0.8 ↓ undefined
Swing % 49 47 -2 ↓ 49.3 2.3 ↑ 2.2 ↑ undefined
Whiff% 18.4 20.1 1.7 ↑ 23.8 3.7 ↑ 0.3 ↑ undefined
In Zone Swing % 45.9 49.3 3.4 ↑ 50.7 1.4 ↑ 0.5 ↑ undefined
Out of Zone Swing % 54.1 50.7 -3.4 ↓ 49.3 -1.4 ↓ -0.5 ↓ undefined
First Pitch Swing % 32.8 32.4 -0.4 ↓ 32 -0.4 ↓ 4.7 ↑ undefined
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 62.4 0.7 ↑ 63.7 1.3 ↑ 4 ↑ undefined
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 385 .299 181 25 13.8 204 53 26.0
2017 582 .337 316 37 11.7 266 49 18.4
2018 778 .295 363 31 8.5 415 98 23.6
2019 157 .284 75 10 13.3 82 31 37.8

Pitch Distribution

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