Jameson Taillon
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 230LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 1, #2, Pittsburgh Pirates | The Woodlands HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 14 5 3.91 32 32 0 177.1 151 1.13
2023 8 10 4.84 30 29 1 154.1 140 1.28
2024 12 8 3.27 28 28 0 165.1 125 1.13
8 Seasons 71 53 3.89 201 200 1 1,107.1 975 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 32 14-5 3.91 177.1 151 1.13
2023 30 8-10 4.84 154.1 140 1.28
2024 28 12-8 3.27 165.1 125 1.13
8 Seasons 201 71-53 3.89 1,107.1 975 1.21
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2016 24 1550 313 13 4.2 3.1 88.9 110.2 7.8 24.6 .240 .373 .300 .283 .341 34.5 20.3 4.1 3.38 3.33
2017 25 2322 412 17 4.1 2.9 86.3 111.8 9.2 33.0 .255 .382 .337 .305 .355 31.2 21.3 7.8 4.44 3.98
2018 26 2960 554 24 4.3 3.1 87.8 111.5 10.4 35.0 .237 .373 .294 .289 .349 31.9 22.8 5.9 3.20 3.50
2019 27 555 118 8 6.8 5.1 89.0 114.4 7.7 33.1 .266 .439 .284 .318 .371 39.8 19.0 5.1 4.10 4.47
2021 29 2372 413 34 8.2 5.6 88.9 114.5 20.9 33.9 .230 .401 .309 .304 .361 40.4 23.2 7.3 4.30 3.89
2022 30 2805 539 45 8.3 6.2 88.5 115.1 14.5 34.5 .260 .432 .308 .317 .381 36.2 20.7 4.4 3.91 4.20
2023 31 2533 469 50 10.7 7.6 88.3 111.3 16.7 36.2 .259 .462 .322 .332 .396 38.4 21.4 6.3 4.84 4.70
2024 32 2483 515 37 7.2 5.5 89.7 114.0 15.9 32.2 .256 .419 .289 .311 .361 38.8 18.5 4.9 3.27 4.05
Player 17580 3333 228 6.8 4.9 88.4 115.1 13.7 33.2 .249 .409 .307 .308 .365 36.1 21.2 5.8
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Taillon relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(29.6%) ,
Cutter
(25.1%) ,
Sweeper
(15.5%) ,
Curveball
(14.7%) ,
Sinker
(10.9%) ,
Changeup
(4.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 55.0 14.7 24.0 6.4 41.9 35.8 22.4 3.5 38.7 17.3 22.4 4.8 4.2 3.1
2017 49.0 17.0 27.9 6.1 35.7 40.5 23.5 5.6 34.2 19.7 28.4 5.6 4.1 2.9
2018 47.7 20.9 25.3 6.1 33.8 40.6 24.4 2.9 38.4 22.7 24.2 5.4 4.3 3.1
2019 50.8 16.9 27.1 5.1 42.4 31.4 26.3 3.4 44.1 15.3 22.0 6.8 6.8 5.1
2021 34.4 32.2 22.3 11.1 39.7 33.9 26.4 4.4 23.5 33.9 22.0 7.7 8.2 5.6
2022 41.4 26.7 23.6 8.3 40.8 35.6 23.6 4.8 29.3 27.6 22.6 6.7 8.3 6.2
2023 38.4 28.1 23.9 9.6 39.0 38.2 22.8 3.8 26.2 28.8 24.3 6.0 10.7 7.6
2024 40.4 30.7 22.9 6.0 43.3 35.1 21.6 4.1 28.9 29.7 24.3 5.6 7.2 5.5
Player 43.5 24.6 24.3 7.6 39.2 37.0 23.6 4.1 31.6 25.7 24.0 6.0 6.8 4.9
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.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Sinker CHC R 271 92.5 18.0 -4.5 12.9ARM -1.5 13.8 -6.5 12.9ARM -1.9
2024 Cutter CHC R 622 86.5 28.1 1.5 5.5GLV 1.7 8.1 -0.2 5.5GLV 2.8
2024 Sweeper CHC R 385 80.4 41.9 0.1 15.6GLV 1.4 0.3 1.3 15.6GLV 1.3
2024 Curveball CHC R 364 79.5 54.1 0.9 9.9GLV 1.8 -10.7 0.8 9.9GLV 0.5
2024 Changeup CHC R 106 86.0 27.0 -3.9 14.2ARM 0.3 9.8 -4.9 14.2ARM 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 735 92.3 16.0 -0.3 6.9ARM 0.2 16.1 0.3 6.9ARM -0.6
2023 Sweeper CHC R 379 80.9 40.1 -0.7 14.5GLV 0.0 1.7 -0.2 14.5GLV 0.4
2023 Cutter CHC R 561 88.6 23.4 4.2 4.0GLV 1.1 11.2 3.3 4.0GLV 1.4
2023 Slider CHC R 10 82.2 30.2 -9.5 7.9GLV 1.2 10.0 -8.5 7.9GLV 2.6
2023 Sinker CHC R 259 93.9 16.9 -4.5 13.8ARM -1.1 14.1 -6.5 13.8ARM -1.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 864 93.7 14.3 0.7 7.7ARM 1.0 16.9 1.1 7.7ARM 0.3
2023 Curveball CHC R 377 80.5 52.2 0.0 10.4GLV 2.3 -9.9 0.0 10.4GLV 1.5
2023 Changeup CHC R 78 86.5 26.5 -3.6 14.5ARM 0.3 9.9 -4.5 14.5ARM 0.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 0.1 0 735 29.6 179 .287 .497 .359 14.7 16.8 14.0 .298 .552 .380 50.4
2024 Cutter 2.5 15 622 25.1 168 .252 .310 .277 19.1 14.3 23.8 .264 .404 .315 36.1
2024 Sweeper 0.6 2 385 15.5 120 .183 .296 .223 31.7 28.3 18.8 .200 .303 .233 26.2
2024 Curveball 0.2 1 364 14.7 102 .232 .424 .294 23.0 25.5 16.9 .234 .385 .279 43.8
2024 Sinker 1.3 4 271 10.9 73 .219 .297 .284 8.5 13.7 19.2 .257 .363 .322 35.2
2024 Changeup -3.1 -3 106 4.3 33 .273 .576 .356 14.8 3.0 9.1 .255 .426 .292 28.1
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -9 867 34.2 186 .261 .553 .394 20.6 22.6 15.6 .286 .598 .413 53.8
2023 Cutter -0.9 -5 562 22.2 134 .311 .521 .412 27.4 14.9 18.7 .289 .521 .377 35.0
2023 Sweeper 1.1 4 380 15.0 122 .233 .333 .255 27.4 27.9 20.9 .209 .320 .231 24.1
2023 Curveball -0.4 -1 377 14.9 112 .198 .349 .269 20.0 27.7 19.5 .216 .423 .289 40.3
2023 Sinker -0.3 -1 259 10.2 74 .296 .394 .321 12.6 14.9 24.4 .303 .382 .307 36.1
2023 Changeup -1.1 -1 78 3.1 25 .280 .440 .310 10.6 4.0 12.5 .258 .417 .284 29.2
2023 Slider -3.9 0 10 0.4 2 .000 .000 .450 20.0 50.0 50.0 .072 .076 .068 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 106 86.0 97 17.2 1:30 2:00 -30
2024 Curveball 360 79.5 74 16.9 7:30 7:15 15
2024 Cutter 621 86.5 51 9.4 11:30 10:45 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 725 92.3 92 17.0 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Sinker 268 92.5 92 18.7 12:45 1:30 -45
2024 Sweeper 378 80.4 52 16.7 8:00 8:45 -45
2023 Changeup 78 86.5 99 17.5 1:45 2:00 -15
2023 Curveball 376 80.5 72 16.6 7:30 7:30 0
2023 Cutter 558 88.6 55 11.5 12:00 11:15 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 849 93.7 93 18.1 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Sinker 253 93.9 93 19.6 1:00 1:30 -30
2023 Slider 10 82.2 40 12.1 9:00 10:30 -90
2023 Sweeper 371 80.9 47 15.5 8:15 9:00 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 417 1,545 10 8 -6 -5 8
2017 582 2,317 13 10 -21 -6 -4
2018 778 2,947 14 34 -14 -6 28
2019 157 555 -1 6 -2 -3 0
2021 602 2,372 -2 21 -15 -6 -2
2022 750 2,885 3 22 -13 -8 5
2023 655 2,533 1 8 -16 -6 -13
2024 675 2,483 10 25 -11 -5 19
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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 1,550 46.1 69.4 88.7 31.5 63.9 43.4 61.7 49.0 18.8 6.5 66.3
2017 2,322 49.2 66.1 85.8 28.5 61.8 45.3 62.5 47.0 20.3 7.1 71.5
2018 2,960 50.7 67.3 82.4 30.9 58.8 45.0 63.7 49.3 23.8 7.7 70.8
2019 555 51.2 67.3 84.8 35.1 53.7 45.4 68.2 51.5 24.1 5.2 69.0
2021 2,372 50.5 71.7 79.8 29.6 56.3 42.3 62.9 50.8 26.5 7.7 77.6
2022 2,805 48.3 68.4 84.8 31.2 59.5 44.6 63.7 49.1 23.1 7.1 79.5
2023 2,533 51.4 67.9 82.8 29.2 65.8 44.5 69.6 49.1 22.0 7.6 80.8
2024 2,483 54.0 65.6 87.6 27.8 59.7 43.8 65.6 48.2 19.5 9.1 78.4
Player 17,580 50.3 67.9 84.2 30.0 60.4 44.2 64.5 49.0 22.3 7.5 75.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2016 80 61 66 71 88 55 81 37 51 46 97 15 78 79 47 73 86
2017 59 38 65 79 48 41 84 71 66 46 59 19 60 81 51 76 68
2018 71 54 58 67 76 29 88 65 76 54 86 42 83 82 70 74 70
2019 75 64 79 63
2021 58 61 47 38 72 13 43 48 34 48 65 51 67 57 88 82 82
2022 34 19 17 20 62 3 31 50 64 35 94 27 68 54 80 83 76
2023 27 28 16 13 57 2 11 65 55 34 80 20 54 47 71 83 76
2024 47 26 27 30 72 15 61 25 49 14 93 7 40 23 56 75 71
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Expected Home Runs

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Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.4 13 9.5 4 3 7 5 38.5
2017 22.3 11 10.9 0 11 11 3 27.3
2018 23.5 20 19.0 1 11 16 6 30.0
2019 21.3 4 2.8 1 4 2 1 25.0
2021 23.0 24 21.4 3 11 16 10 41.7
2022 24.1 26 26.4 0 11 22 9 34.6
2023 22.4 27 24.7 2 13 12 14 51.9
2024 23.2 21 20.3 1 10 18 7 33.3
Player 23.1 146 135.1 11 74 104 55 37.7
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 13 11 7 9 10 8 11 11 8 7 9 10 9 8 9 9 5 9 11 10 8 9 14 13 9 9 9 12 12 11 7
2017 11 11 7 13 14 13 15 11 10 7 12 17 9 7 10 10 9 9 11 11 8 10 17 11 11 7 10 17 13 14 4
2018 20 26 15 16 19 18 22 21 14 14 20 24 22 17 16 20 17 18 18 24 20 22 23 21 17 15 17 20 21 19 15
2019 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 2 2 3 3 4 3 2
2021 24 26 17 26 20 19 24 24 17 15 15 27 23 15 23 25 19 20 24 22 23 24 30 25 18 19 22 23 22 17 19
2022 26 22 24 28 26 25 29 24 15 21 23 27 32 26 28 31 26 26 23 25 29 25 36 29 26 22 30 33 31 26 24
2023 27 25 19 24 24 24 25 25 22 22 23 24 28 23 26 25 29 24 25 25 28 26 33 32 21 21 24 25 29 22 19
2024 21 20 17 21 19 21 25 21 17 17 21 23 21 17 22 18 19 20 20 24 20 18 28 25 15 20 19 21 20 21 19
Player 146 145 108 140 135 130 154 139 106 105 126 156 147 115 136 141 126 128 135 144 139 138 184 160 119 115 134 154 152 133 109
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.9 95.1 0.2 ↑ 95.2 0.1 ↑ -- -0.4 ↓ -- -- 93.5 -- 93.4 -0.1 ↓ 92.0 -1.4 ↓ 90.1 -1.9 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 87.5 88.1 0.6 ↑ 87.9 -0.2 ↓ -- 0.1 ↑ -- -- 88.0 -- 87.7 -0.3 ↓ 86.5 -1.2 ↓ 86.0 -0.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 80.6 81.4 0.8 ↑ 85.9 4.5 ↑ -- 0.6 ↑ -- -- 83.3 -- 83.9 0.6 ↑ 80.7 -3.2 ↓ 80.0 -0.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.9 86.3 -2.6 ↓ 87.8 1.5 ↑ -- 1.2 ↑ -- -- 88.9 -- 88.5 -0.4 ↓ 88.3 -0.2 ↓ 89.7 1.4 ↑
Launch Angle 7.8 9.2 1.4 ↑ 10.4 1.2 ↑ -- -2.7 ↓ -- -- 20.9 -- 14.5 -6.4 ↓ 16.7 2.2 ↑ 15.9 -0.8 ↓
Barrel % 4.2 4.1 -0.1 ↓ 4.3 0.2 ↑ -- 2.5 ↑ -- -- 8.2 -- 8.3 0.1 ↑ 10.7 2.4 ↑ 7.2 -3.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.5 31.2 -3.3 ↓ 31.9 0.7 ↑ -- 7.9 ↑ -- -- 40.4 -- 36.2 -4.2 ↓ 38.4 2.2 ↑ 38.8 0.4 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.6 33.0 8.4 ↑ 35.0 2.0 ↑ -- -1.9 ↓ -- -- 33.9 -- 34.5 0.6 ↑ 36.2 1.7 ↑ 32.2 -4.0 ↓
xBA .240 .255 0.015 ↑ .237 -0.018 ↓ -- 0.029 ↑ -- -- .230 -- .260 0.030 ↑ .259 -0.001 ↓ .256 -0.003 ↓
BA .252 .290 0.038 ↑ .246 -0.044 ↓ -- -0.015 ↓ -- -- .238 -- .246 0.008 ↑ .258 0.012 ↑ .243 -0.015 ↓
xwOBA .283 .305 0.022 ↑ .289 -0.016 ↓ -- 0.029 ↑ -- -- .304 -- .317 0.013 ↑ .332 0.015 ↑ .311 -0.021 ↓
wOBA .300 .337 0.037 ↑ .294 -0.043 ↓ -- -0.010 ↓ -- -- .309 -- .308 -0.001 ↓ .322 0.014 ↑ .289 -0.033 ↓
xSLG .373 .382 0.009 ↑ .373 -0.009 ↓ -- 0.066 ↑ -- -- .401 -- .432 0.031 ↑ .462 0.030 ↑ .419 -0.043 ↓
SLG .415 .440 0.025 ↑ .385 -0.055 ↓ -- 0.016 ↑ -- -- .422 -- .430 0.008 ↑ .442 0.012 ↑ .387 -0.055 ↓
K% 20.3 21.3 1.0 ↑ 22.8 1.5 ↑ -- -3.8 ↓ -- -- 23.2 -- 20.7 -2.5 ↓ 21.4 0.7 ↑ 18.5 -2.9 ↓
BB% 4.1 7.8 3.7 ↑ 5.9 -1.9 ↓ -- -0.8 ↓ -- -- 7.3 -- 4.4 -2.9 ↓ 6.3 1.9 ↑ 4.9 -1.4 ↓
Swing % 49.0 47.0 -2.0 ↓ 49.3 2.3 ↑ -- 2.2 ↑ -- -- 50.8 -- 49.1 -1.7 ↓ 49.1 0.0 48.2 -0.9 ↓
Whiff% 18.8 20.3 1.5 ↑ 23.8 3.5 ↑ -- 0.3 ↑ -- -- 26.5 -- 23.1 -3.4 ↓ 22.0 -1.1 ↓ 19.5 -2.5 ↓
In Zone % 46.1 49.2 3.1 ↑ 50.7 1.5 ↑ -- 0.5 ↑ -- -- 50.5 -- 48.3 -2.2 ↓ 51.4 3.1 ↑ 54.0 2.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.9 50.8 -3.1 ↓ 49.3 -1.5 ↓ -- -0.5 ↓ -- -- 49.5 -- 51.7 2.2 ↑ 48.6 -3.1 ↓ 46.0 -2.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.5 28.5 -3.0 ↓ 30.9 2.4 ↑ -- 4.2 ↑ -- -- 29.6 -- 31.2 1.6 ↑ 29.2 -2.0 ↓ 27.8 -1.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 32.8 32.4 -0.4 ↓ 32.0 -0.4 ↓ -- 4.9 ↑ -- -- 33.5 -- 32.6 -0.9 ↓ 33.9 1.3 ↑ 31.0 -2.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 62.5 0.8 ↑ 63.7 1.2 ↑ -- 4.5 ↑ -- -- 62.9 -- 63.7 0.8 ↑ 69.6 5.9 ↑ 65.6 -4.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 384 .299 180 24 13.3 204 53 26.0
2017 Shifts 582 .337 316 37 11.7 266 49 18.4
2018 Shifts 778 .295 363 31 8.5 415 98 23.6
2019 Shifts 157 .284 75 10 13.3 82 31 37.8
2021 Shifts 591 .306 331 34 10.3 260 161 61.9
2022 Shifts 728 .308 408 78 19.1 320 193 60.3
2023 Shades 655 .322 329 1 0.3 326 106 32.5
2024 Shades 675 .289 323 11 3.4 352 161 45.7
! 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 493 16.6 33.7% 3.7% 203 24.8 2.0% 17.7%
2017 634 14.8 51.7% 0.3% 419 23.2 0.2% 7.2%
2018 883 15.3 43.8% 0.5% 425 23.7 0.0% 6.1%
2019 162 15.8 37.0% 1.9% 72 23.7 0.0% 5.6%
2021 728 17.6 17.4% 0.8% 274 24.7 0.0% 14.6%
2022 854 17.1 18.6% 1.1% 420 24.0 0.0% 6.9%
2023 724 14.7 57.3% 0.1% 368 19.4 0.8% 0.5%
2024 735 14.8 53.1% 0.0% 360 19.0 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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