Josh Taylor
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 245LBS | Age: 31
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 1 1 9.82 8 0 0 7.1 7 1.64
2021 1 0 3.40 61 0 1 47.2 60 1.43
2023 1 3 8.15 17 1 0 17.2 26 1.75
4 Seasons 5 6 4.35 138 2 1 120 155 1.39
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 8 1-1 9.82 7.1 7 1.64
2021 61 1-0 3.40 47.2 60 1.43
2023 17 1-3 8.15 17.2 26 1.75
4 Seasons 138 5-6 4.35 120 155 1.39
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2019 26 836 114 8 7.0 4.1 86.6 111.0 13.1 35.1 .211 .343 .280 .277 .363 31.6 31.8 8.7 3.04 3.33
2020 27 146 23 2 8.7 5.6 88.4 109.5 11.1 34.8 .252 .518 .370 .384 .418 47.8 19.4 13.9 9.82 6.65
2021 28 791 123 11 8.9 5.3 88.5 116.3 12.0 37.4 .249 .376 .295 .315 .397 44.7 28.7 11.0 3.40 4.21
2023 30 341 48 9 18.8 10.8 91.2 110.6 12.2 31.3 .246 .482 .381 .336 .458 54.2 31.3 10.8 8.15 4.83
Player 2114 308 30 9.7 5.7 88.2 116.3 12.4 35.4 .234 .390 .308 .309 .396 41.6 29.6 10.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Taylor relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(42.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(37.0%) ,
Sinker
(12.0%) ,
Curveball
(8.8%) ,


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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
2019 45.6 22.8 25.4 6.1 44.7 39.5 15.8 5.3 30.7 21.9 28.1 6.1 7.0 4.1
2020 43.5 26.1 26.1 4.3 34.8 47.8 17.4 4.3 34.8 17.4 21.7 13.0 8.7 5.6
2021 44.7 22.0 24.4 8.9 47.2 27.6 25.2 8.1 30.9 18.7 28.5 4.9 8.9 5.3
2023 45.8 27.1 18.8 8.3 45.8 33.3 20.8 4.2 37.5 18.8 16.7 4.2 18.8 10.8
Player 45.1 23.4 24.0 7.5 45.1 34.4 20.5 6.2 32.1 19.8 26.0 5.8 9.7 5.7
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2023 Sinker KC L 41 93.0 19.4 -3.3 -15 11.0 -4.1 -27
2023 Slider KC L 144 85.2 36.3 0.2 0 6.3 1.3 27
2023 4-Seam Fastball KC L 126 92.8 17.8 -2.1 -13 0.1 -6.8 -102
2023 Curveball KC L 30 78.4 48.5 -6.3 -12 5.7 -3.6 -39
2021 Sinker BOS L 93 94.5 18.9 -1.5 -7 13.3 -1.3 -9
2021 4-Seam Fastball BOS L 293 94.6 14.7 -0.2 -1 3.7 -3.8 -50
2021 Curveball BOS L 40 80.2 46.1 -6.4 -12 6.5 -2.7 -30
2021 Slider BOS L 365 87.2 31.6 -1.5 -5 5.2 0.8 17
2020 Slider BOS L 69 86.5 31.7 -3.0 -9 5.4 1.0 23
2020 4-Seam Fastball BOS L 62 93.6 14.2 0.9 6 4.7 -2.7 -36
2020 Curveball BOS L 1 82.7 40.5 -8.9 -18 7.4 0.1 1
2020 Sinker BOS L 14 93.6 19.2 -1.8 -8 13.2 -1.3 -9
2019 Curveball BOS L 15 80.0 46.5 -6.9 -13 6.3 -2.4 -28
2019 4-Seam Fastball BOS L 385 94.8 13.8 0.9 6 5.2 -2.2 -30
2019 Slider BOS L 315 87.5 31.5 -1.3 -4 3.8 0.3 9
2019 Changeup BOS L 1 88.6 15.9 -11.7 -42 6.7 -7.4 -52
2019 Sinker BOS L 120 94.8 18.4 -1.9 -9 13.6 -0.8 -5
! 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 %
2023 Slider -3.6 -5 144 42.2 41 .250 .556 .363 37.2 41.5 23.3 .228 .555 .355 45.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -2 126 37.0 25 .381 .524 .414 24.1 20.0 18.5 .254 .359 .302 58.8
2023 Sinker -5.3 -2 41 12.0 10 .556 .889 .630 18.8 30.0 33.3 .253 .563 .371 83.3
2023 Curveball 5.0 2 30 8.8 6 .000 .000 .000 25.0 16.7 25.0 .318 .359 .295 40.0
2021 Slider 3.5 13 365 46.1 109 .175 .223 .203 47.3 40.4 32.1 .198 .292 .236 47.5
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -4 293 37.0 77 .339 .468 .419 20.9 19.5 20.0 .342 .544 .440 44.7
2021 Sinker -0.6 -1 93 11.8 17 .400 .467 .421 12.2 0.0 0.0 .251 .317 .302 26.7
2021 Curveball 2.1 1 40 5.1 3 .000 .000 .000 22.2 33.3 33.3 .060 .079 .058 100.0
2020 Slider 1.5 1 69 47.3 17 .200 .267 .315 32.4 23.5 15.4 .205 .272 .264 27.3
2020 4-Seam Fastball -7.0 -4 62 42.5 14 .333 .917 .539 21.4 14.3 13.3 .352 .932 .548 80.0
2020 Sinker 0.9 0 14 9.6 4 .000 .000 .350 40.0 25.0 100.0 .106 .106 .398 0.0
2020 Curveball 48.5 0 1 0.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .060 .061 .066 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 385 46.1 82 .286 .443 .373 22.2 26.8 16.4 .241 .412 .331 42.9
2019 Slider 1.5 5 315 37.7 81 .182 .221 .206 46.6 42.0 25.4 .168 .235 .199 20.9
2019 Sinker 1.8 2 120 14.4 31 .214 .429 .313 28.6 19.4 27.3 .253 .465 .342 27.3
2019 Curveball -4.4 -1 15 1.8 -- -- -- 66.7 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Changeup -3.7 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Curveball 30 78.4 64 8.8 4:15 4:30 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 105 92.7 78 13.3 11:30 12:00 -30
2023 Sinker 33 93.0 74 15.8 11:45 10:30 75
2023 Slider 140 85.2 36 7.1 2:15 3:00 -45
2021 Curveball 40 80.2 57 9.1 4:15 4:30 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 286 94.6 82 15.8 11:00 11:30 -30
2021 Sinker 93 94.5 83 17.9 11:15 10:15 60
2021 Slider 361 87.3 31 7.0 1:15 2:00 -45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 57 93.5 85 17.1 11:00 11:30 -30
2020 Sinker 14 93.6 88 17.9 11:00 10:15 45
2020 Slider 66 86.5 31 7.0 12:30 2:00 -90
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 194 836 9 6 -3 -5 7
2020 36 146 1 -1 -3 -1 -3
2021 222 847 5 12 -2 -4 11
2023 82 341 -8 3 -2 -1 -8
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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 %
2019 836 41.7 71.6 78.8 33.1 48.4 41.3 65.5 49.2 33.1 6.2 80.8
2020 146 45.9 71.6 70.8 25.3 70.0 37.0 58.3 46.6 27.9 6.8 90.0
2021 791 48.3 72.3 78.6 28.1 35.7 38.9 62.1 49.4 34.0 7.1 80.4
2023 341 49.0 64.7 81.5 29.9 46.2 41.6 62.2 46.9 30.0 6.5 72.7
Player 2,114 45.6 70.7 78.6 30.3 45.1 40.2 63.1 48.7 32.6 6.6 80.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2019 75 59 90
2020 54 56 91
2021 45 36 63 79 17 76 30 56 11 83 18 92 52 68 52 89
2023 30 40 87
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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 23.5 5 5.6 -1 2 3 3 60.0
2020 27.7 2 1.8 0 0 1 1 50.0
2021 23.6 2 2.6 -1 2 2 1 50.0
2023 23.2 4 4.7 -1 0 6 1 25.0
Player 24.1 13 14.7 -2 4 12 6 46.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 5 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 7 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 4
2020 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
2021 2 3 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 3
2023 4 2 4 5 6 4 6 3 6 4 4 5 3 3 6 6 4 3 6 7 4 5 7 6 3 3 7 5 5 5 4
Player 13 13 13 13 14 14 17 13 14 12 13 17 14 14 16 18 15 12 17 16 15 16 19 17 12 14 16 15 16 15 12
! 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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.8 93.6 -1.2 94.5 0.9
Offspeed Velocity 88.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 87.2 86.4 -0.8 86.5 0.1
Exit Velocity 86.6 88.4 1.8 88.5 0.1
Launch Angle 13.1 11.1 -2.0 12.0 0.9
Barrel % 7.0 8.7 1.7 8.9 0.2
Hard Hit % 31.6 47.8 16.2 44.7 -3.1
Sweet Spot % 35.1 34.8 -0.3 37.4 2.6
xBA .211 .252 0.041 .249 -0.003
BA .229 .233 0.004 .246 0.013
xwOBA .277 .384 0.107 .315 -0.069
wOBA .280 .370 0.090 .295 -0.075
xSLG .343 .518 0.175 .376 -0.142
SLG .343 .500 0.157 .322 -0.178
K% 31.8 19.4 -12.4 28.7 9.3
BB% 8.7 13.9 5.2 11.0 -2.9
Swing % 49.2 46.6 -2.6 49.4 2.8
Whiff% 33.1 27.9 -5.2 34.0 6.1
In Zone % 41.7 45.9 4.2 48.3 2.4
Out of Zone % 58.3 54.1 -4.2 51.7 -2.4
Out of Zone Swing % 33.1 25.3 -7.8 28.1 2.8
First Pitch Swing % 41.8 33.3 -8.5 32.0 -1.3
First Pitch Strike % 65.5 58.3 -7.2 62.1 3.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 184 .272 112 0 0.0 72 19 26.4
2020 Shifts 35 .380 20 3 15.0 15 3 20.0
2021 Shifts 206 .295 116 14 12.1 90 40 44.4
2023 Shades 81 .386 52 2 3.8 29 7 24.1
! 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 %
2019 229 22.0 0.0% 4.4% 116 25.4 0.0% 24.1%
2020 37 22.9 0.0% 2.7% 32 24.8 0.0% 6.3%
2021 174 21.2 1.1% 8.6% 153 23.9 0.0% 10.5%
2023 95 16.1 24.2% 1.1% 52 18.1 5.8% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution