Josh Taylor
P | B/T: L/L | 6' 5" 245LBS | Age: 30

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 1 0 3.40 61 0 1 47.2 60 1.43
3 Seasons 4 3 3.69 121 1 1 102.1 129 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 61 1-0 3.40 47.2 60 1.43
3 Seasons 121 4-3 3.69 102.1 129 1.33

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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 86.5 111.0 13.1 32.5 .209 .340 .280 .276 .367 30.8 31.8 8.7 3.04 3.31
2020 27 146 23 2 8.7 5.6 88.4 109.5 11.1 34.8 .253 .519 .370 .385 .419 47.8 19.4 13.9 9.82 6.69
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
Player 1773 260 21 8.1 4.8 87.6 116.3 12.4 35.0 .232 .371 .294 .304 .387 39.1 29.3 10.2
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Taylor relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(46.1%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(36.9%) ,
Sinker
(11.9%) ,
Curveball
(5.1%) ,


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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 4.4 29.8 20.2 26.3 5.3 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
Player 45.0 22.7 25.0 7.3 45.0 34.6 20.4 6.2 30.8 19.2 26.9 5.8 8.1 4.8
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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
2021 Slider BOS L 365 87.2 31.6 -1.5 -5 5.2 0.7 17
2021 Curveball BOS L 40 80.2 46.1 -6.3 -12 6.5 -2.7 -30
2021 Sinker BOS L 94 94.5 19.2 -1.0 -5 13.3 -1.3 -9
2021 4-Seamer BOS L 292 94.6 14.6 -0.1 -1 3.7 -3.8 -50
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 -1.6 -8 13.2 -1.1 -8
2020 4-Seamer BOS L 62 93.6 14.2 0.8 6 4.7 -2.7 -36
2020 Slider BOS L 69 86.5 31.7 -3.1 -9 5.4 1.0 22
2019 Curveball BOS L 12 79.9 46.5 -7.0 -13 6.1 -2.7 -31
2019 4-Seamer BOS L 359 94.8 13.8 0.9 6 5.2 -2.2 -29
2019 Slider BOS L 304 87.5 31.4 -1.4 -4 3.9 0.3 8
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 -1.8 -9 13.6 -0.7 -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 %
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-Seamer 1.3 4 292 36.9 77 .339 .468 .419 21.3 19.5 20.0 .342 .544 .440 44.7
2021 Sinker 0.8 1 94 11.9 17 .400 .467 .421 10.3 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 .066 .085 .064 100.0
2020 Slider -1.5 -1 69 47.3 17 .200 .267 .315 32.4 23.5 15.4 .207 .274 .265 27.3
2020 4-Seamer 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-Seamer -0.3 -1 385 46.1 82 .286 .443 .364 22.2 26.8 16.4 .236 .402 .328 42.2
2019 Slider -1.5 -5 315 37.7 81 .182 .221 .191 46.6 42.0 25.4 .166 .234 .198 20.0
2019 Sinker -1.8 -2 120 14.4 31 .214 .429 .313 28.6 19.4 27.3 .255 .467 .343 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.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
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
2021 Curveball 40 80.2 57 9.1 4:15 4:30 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 285 94.6 82 15.9 11:00 11:30 -30
2021 Sinker 94 94.5 83 17.6 11:15 10:15 60
2021 Slider 361 87.3 31 7.0 1:15 2:00 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 184 796 -11 -6 2 5 -11
2020 36 146 -1 1 3 1 3
2021 222 847 -5 -12 2 4 -11
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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 42.5 71.6 78.9 33.4 46.4 41.3 65.5 49.2 33.1 6.2 81.6
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
Player 1,773 45.4 71.9 78.1 30.4 43.8 39.9 63.3 49.1 33.1 6.6 81.7
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.2 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 77 56 91
2020 60 53 91
2021 45 36 63 79 17 76 30 56 11 83 18 92 52 72 49 89
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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 5.8 -1 2 1 5 100.0
2020 27.7 2 1.9 0 1 1 1 50.0
2021 23.6 2 2.6 -1 2 2 1 50.0
Player 24.5 9 10.3 -1 5 4 7 77.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 5 5 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 5 7
2020 2 3 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
2021 2 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 2 3
Player 9 13 12 11 10 11 8 12 8 9 8 11 8 8 8 11 8 12 9 10 10 11 9 11 12 10 11 11 13 9 13
! 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 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.8 93.6 -1.2 ↓ 94.5 0.9 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 88.6 0 0 0 0
Breaking Velocity 87.2 86.4 -0.8 ↓ 86.5 0.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 86.5 88.4 1.9 ↑ 88.5 0.1 ↑
Launch Angle 13.1 11.1 -2 ↓ 12 0.9 ↑
Barrel % 7 8.7 1.7 ↑ 8.9 0.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 30.8 47.8 17 ↑ 44.7 -3.1 ↓
Sweet Spot % 32.5 34.8 2.3 ↑ 37.4 2.6 ↑
xBA .209 .253 0.044 ↑ .249 -0.004 ↓
BA .229 .233 0.004 ↑ .246 0.013 ↑
xwOBA .276 .385 0.109 ↑ .315 -0.07 ↓
wOBA .28 .37 0.09 ↑ .295 -0.075 ↓
xSLG .34 .519 0.179 ↑ .376 -0.143 ↓
SLG .343 .5 0.157 ↑ .322 -0.178 ↓
K% 31.8 19.4 -12.4 ↓ 28.7 9.3 ↑
BB% 8.7 13.9 5.2 ↑ 11 -2.9 ↓
Swing % 49.2 46.6 -2.6 ↓ 49.4 2.8 ↑
Whiff% 33.1 27.9 -5.2 ↓ 34 6.1 ↑
In Zone % 42.5 45.9 3.4 ↑ 48.3 2.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 57.5 54.1 -3.4 ↓ 51.7 -2.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 33.4 25.3 -8.1 ↓ 28.1 2.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 41.8 33.3 -8.5 ↓ 32 -1.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 65.5 58.3 -7.2 ↓ 62.1 3.8 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2019 184 .272 112 0 0.0 72 14 19.4
2020 35 .380 20 2 10.0 15 3 20.0
2021 203 .293 114 10 8.8 89 39 43.8

Pitch Tempo

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