Michael A. Taylor
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 215LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 6, #172, Washington Nationals | Westminster Academy
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 528 483 58 118 12 14 .244 .297 .356 .653
2022 456 414 49 105 9 4 .254 .313 .357 .670
2023 371 341 45 76 20 13 .223 .277 .440 .717
10 Seasons 3,159 2,902 356 694 94 108 .239 .294 .388 .682
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .244 12 14 .653
2022 .254 9 4 .670
2023 .223 20 13 .717
10 Seasons .239 94 108 .682
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

  • â–¾

Statcast Batting 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%
2015 24 1889 317 20 6.3 3.9 88.7 112.7 9.8 32.8 .232 .382 .274 .288 .404 35.6 30.9 6.8
2016 25 891 145 11 7.6 4.6 88.1 112.1 8.5 37.9 .234 .387 .283 .292 .409 37.9 32.5 5.9
2017 26 1630 265 26 9.8 6.0 87.5 112.7 12.4 35.1 .233 .425 .338 .302 .423 38.3 31.7 6.7
2018 27 1514 239 15 6.3 3.9 88.5 110.8 8.1 27.2 .210 .335 .280 .269 .353 34.3 30.1 7.5
2019 28 389 56 4 7.1 4.1 91.5 111.0 8.9 32.1 .213 .375 .289 .276 .399 42.9 35.1 7.2
2020 29 393 65 10 15.4 10.1 89.0 108.6 12.4 27.7 .229 .480 .287 .325 .419 36.9 27.3 6.1
2021 30 2113 346 23 6.6 4.4 89.4 111.5 12.1 30.6 .246 .390 .286 .300 .382 40.2 27.3 6.3
2022 31 1717 310 21 6.8 4.6 86.3 109.4 12.1 33.5 .223 .358 .297 .289 .344 32.9 23.9 7.7
2023 32 1459 220 28 12.7 7.5 88.1 113.1 13.3 29.5 .222 .432 .306 .307 .436 37.7 33.7 6.2
Player 11995 1963 158 8.0 5.1 88.2 113.1 11.1 32.0 .229 .389 .294 .293 .391 36.9 29.7 6.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.1 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
  • â–¾
  •   
    â–¾
  •   
    â–¾
  •   
    â–¾
  •   
    â–¾
  •   
    â–¾
  •   
    â–¾

Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 49.2 18.6 26.8 5.4 40.1 34.4 25.6 1.9 33.4 20.2 27.4 5.0 6.3 3.9
2016 44.8 17.9 31.7 5.5 42.1 40.0 17.2 4.1 33.1 22.1 26.2 4.1 7.6 4.6
2017 43.0 21.1 27.9 7.9 41.9 35.8 22.3 6.0 27.5 21.9 26.0 5.3 9.8 6.0
2018 54.0 20.9 20.9 4.2 35.1 41.0 23.4 3.3 38.9 21.3 22.6 3.8 6.3 3.9
2019 48.2 19.6 25.0 7.1 42.9 41.1 16.1 5.4 30.4 19.6 23.2 8.9 7.1 4.1
2020 44.6 27.7 20.0 7.7 38.5 38.5 23.1 4.6 38.5 26.2 13.8 1.5 15.4 10.1
2021 46.2 27.5 22.5 3.8 32.4 41.9 25.7 3.5 34.7 24.3 26.3 4.6 6.6 4.4
2022 42.3 28.1 21.0 8.7 36.5 37.7 25.8 6.5 30.6 29.4 21.6 4.8 6.8 4.6
2023 46.4 27.7 20.0 5.9 37.3 40.9 21.8 10.5 29.1 22.3 19.1 6.4 12.7 7.5
Player 46.5 23.6 23.9 6.0 37.6 38.7 23.5 4.9 32.7 23.3 23.9 4.9 8.0 5.1
MLB 44.6 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer -0.3 -1 386 26.5 95 .179 .429 .300 34.3 40.0 31.1 .206 .470 .328 44.7
2023 Slider -2.1 -7 326 22.3 79 .181 .306 .231 40.0 39.2 24.8 .201 .447 .295 31.8
2023 Sinker -1.1 -3 242 16.6 63 .293 .483 .362 20.5 22.2 26.9 .260 .396 .314 40.9
2023 Changeup -0.4 -1 147 10.1 45 .214 .405 .291 37.5 33.3 30.6 .206 .367 .274 29.6
2023 Curveball 1.2 2 139 9.5 37 .171 .343 .292 38.3 35.1 28.9 .198 .331 .252 36.4
2023 Cutter -0.9 -1 117 8.0 29 .321 .607 .402 28.8 24.1 24.1 .235 .374 .275 33.3
2023 Sweeper 3.2 2 75 5.1 17 .313 .625 .465 42.1 29.4 20.0 .238 .483 .329 27.3
2023 Splitter -1.9 0 15 1.0 3 .333 1.333 .667 14.3 33.3 16.7 .444 1.067 .627 100.0
2022 4-Seamer -1.3 -8 607 35.4 155 .235 .364 .316 21.3 22.6 19.9 .237 .421 .348 44.0
2022 Slider -0.5 -2 332 19.3 86 .247 .370 .285 48.3 30.2 24.3 .216 .332 .265 23.6
2022 Sinker 1.3 3 247 14.4 70 .356 .356 .388 17.1 21.4 23.1 .215 .254 .279 33.3
2022 Curveball -2.0 -4 178 10.4 48 .106 .191 .157 38.8 37.5 31.6 .164 .263 .196 24.1
2022 Changeup -2.1 -3 152 8.9 41 .225 .350 .241 24.7 14.6 12.2 .204 .322 .225 31.4
2022 Cutter 3.5 4 122 7.1 33 .375 .500 .474 25.4 9.1 13.6 .319 .533 .376 31.0
2022 Sweeper 2.2 1 66 3.8 17 .294 .471 .329 33.3 29.4 23.8 .256 .462 .308 25.0
2022 Splitter 5.7 1 13 0.8 6 .333 .333 .300 25.0 16.7 10.0 .079 .095 .079 0.0
2021 4-Seamer -2.2 -17 810 38.3 198 .206 .343 .276 28.3 30.3 22.3 .221 .407 .304 52.1
2021 Slider -0.2 -1 455 21.5 117 .252 .365 .285 38.0 26.5 17.8 .282 .416 .301 37.6
2021 Sinker 1.0 3 312 14.8 77 .284 .373 .353 18.5 15.6 20.7 .274 .397 .344 43.6
2021 Changeup -0.9 -1 171 8.1 42 .220 .244 .239 40.0 35.7 25.9 .199 .257 .210 26.9
2021 Curveball -1.1 -2 169 8.0 39 .235 .324 .283 33.3 33.3 20.0 .200 .299 .261 13.6
2021 Cutter 1.5 2 144 6.8 39 .333 .472 .416 26.0 15.4 17.6 .317 .509 .370 29.0
2021 Sweeper 10.3 2 23 1.1 8 .571 .714 .581 38.5 37.5 50.0 .337 .409 .376 50.0
2021 Splitter 1.9 0 17 0.8 6 .167 .333 .208 50.0 50.0 27.3 .096 .106 .096 0.0
2021 Slurve -2.3 0 10 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 4-Seamer -1.5 -2 160 40.7 42 .175 .350 .243 22.8 28.6 21.1 .236 .504 .325 42.9
2020 Slider 3.0 2 50 12.7 12 .417 .750 .496 36.4 25.0 18.8 .157 .334 .205 11.1
2020 Curveball -2.1 -1 48 12.2 9 .143 .571 .378 46.7 33.3 30.0 .164 .598 .394 25.0
2020 Sinker -9.3 -4 46 11.7 12 .000 .000 .000 5.0 25.0 50.0 .220 .236 .203 55.6
2020 Changeup 7.0 3 46 11.7 13 .273 .909 .512 52.6 30.8 23.5 .289 .783 .481 28.6
2020 Cutter -4.1 -1 30 7.6 6 .200 .200 .267 22.2 16.7 6.7 .351 .665 .474 25.0
2020 Splitter -7.2 0 4 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 33.3 .077 .081 .071 0.0
2020 Sweeper -14.6 0 3 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .296 .304 .288 0.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.1 0 124 31.9 28 .280 .480 .364 31.8 32.1 20.5 .223 .488 .332 56.3
2019 Sinker -1.6 -1 73 18.8 16 .286 .429 .356 20.0 12.5 11.1 .291 .535 .384 50.0
2019 Slider -0.6 0 70 18.0 21 .250 .400 .292 41.2 42.9 36.0 .180 .297 .199 41.7
2019 Curveball -1.6 -1 55 14.1 16 .357 .357 .369 44.4 43.8 35.0 .192 .223 .246 14.3
2019 Changeup -9.4 -3 35 9.0 9 .000 .000 .000 55.6 55.6 29.4 .058 .069 .054 0.0
2019 Cutter -3.5 -1 26 6.7 6 .200 .200 .180 25.0 16.7 20.0 .448 .715 .484 60.0
2019 Splitter -3.8 0 6 1.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seamer -2.8 -14 496 32.8 114 .155 .204 .200 34.4 42.1 27.3 .168 .249 .228 48.2
2018 Slider -1.8 -6 349 23.1 84 .232 .427 .288 37.8 33.3 25.0 .182 .317 .225 31.5
2018 Sinker 0.6 2 283 18.7 78 .235 .368 .316 23.3 24.4 26.0 .235 .372 .315 34.0
2018 Curveball -0.4 -1 150 9.9 49 .277 .447 .333 22.2 16.3 14.3 .238 .404 .294 25.6
2018 Changeup -1.6 -2 130 8.6 35 .250 .375 .288 30.8 22.9 16.7 .204 .300 .264 12.5
2018 Cutter 0.3 0 88 5.8 17 .375 .563 .421 29.8 23.5 13.3 .366 .604 .431 41.7
2018 Splitter -0.5 0 15 1.0 5 .250 .250 .320 14.3 20.0 12.5 .347 .451 .415 66.7
2018 Sweeper 3.9 0 3 0.2 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .907 1.191 .908 100.0
2017 4-Seamer 0.8 4 548 33.6 132 .259 .586 .392 35.5 38.6 32.1 .223 .524 .350 48.5
2017 Slider -0.6 -2 340 20.9 92 .244 .400 .285 46.4 40.2 32.7 .185 .290 .211 41.5
2017 Sinker 1.8 5 271 16.6 78 .333 .569 .417 13.7 20.5 29.6 .311 .510 .371 35.1
2017 Changeup 0.7 1 185 11.3 50 .311 .400 .376 34.9 24.0 19.4 .233 .382 .303 27.3
2017 Curveball -1.1 -2 144 8.8 29 .241 .414 .279 32.1 27.6 19.0 .251 .420 .281 38.1
2017 Cutter -1.9 -1 70 4.3 24 .208 .292 .217 33.3 29.2 29.2 .194 .293 .209 17.6
2017 Splitter 8.8 3 35 2.1 10 .300 .800 .540 26.3 30.0 27.3 .257 .442 .294 42.9
2017 Knuckleball 1.9 0 23 1.4 7 .333 .500 .307 18.2 28.6 28.6 .342 .570 .426 60.0
2017 Sweeper -7.3 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
+ View Complete Run Value Leaderboard

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 43 165 1 -4 -1 0 -2
2015 501 1,850 12 -20 1 4 -3
2016 239 897 -9 -9 3 3 -12
2017 443 1,694 12 -10 7 6 15
2018 383 1,514 -7 -22 5 4 -21
2019 120 479 -3 -7 3 1 -7
2020 99 393 -4 -4 2 1 -4
2021 528 2,113 -14 -23 14 10 -14
2022 456 1,717 -11 -14 10 9 -7
2023 371 1,459 1 -16 3 4 -7
+ View Complete Swing/Take Leaderboard

Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,889 50.5 71.9 74.4 32.1 44.5 43.3 43.6 52.2 33.3 8.7 87.1
2016 891 51.0 69.8 69.7 27.7 53.7 43.3 39.7 49.2 33.6 7.0 85.5
2017 1,630 49.7 69.2 74.0 30.2 46.7 44.4 39.3 49.6 33.1 6.5 79.0
2018 1,514 50.7 72.8 73.3 30.0 49.6 44.2 39.0 51.7 31.3 7.9 85.8
2019 389 50.1 69.7 74.3 24.7 37.5 46.0 41.2 47.3 34.2 6.2 75.0
2020 393 51.1 73.1 75.5 24.5 48.9 43.8 42.4 49.4 27.8 5.9 82.6
2021 2,113 47.8 75.3 76.6 30.5 47.5 42.0 40.2 51.9 30.9 7.6 83.9
2022 1,717 48.2 73.1 79.7 31.4 47.3 43.1 44.7 51.5 29.1 7.5 85.9
2023 1,459 47.4 68.7 74.5 31.9 44.9 44.6 43.4 49.3 33.6 7.1 80.6
Player 11,995 49.3 71.8 75.0 30.4 47.0 43.6 41.6 50.8 31.9 7.4 83.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2015 20 15 42 51 18 52 61 50 91 53 2 45 3 33 91
2016 86 90
2017 23 13 46 62 6 53 79 39 90 64 4 28 6 32 90 97
2018 3 4 8 21 4 21 41 42 78 34 5 38 8 36 91 94
2019 77 95
2020 55 82 81 95
2021 19 39 29 29 14 36 32 51 80 43 15 15 13 27 78 99 98
2022 18 17 24 34 15 34 41 9 54 13 33 45 21 33 85 88 92
2023 25 11 58 76 3 50 83 25 85 29 4 21 9 27 85 94 90
+ View Complete Percentile Rankings Leaderboard

Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 19.4 7 7.4 0 4 7 2 28.6
2017 20.0 21 20.3 1 5 7 14 66.7
2018 20.9 6 6.9 -1 3 5 4 66.7
2019 18.8 3 3.5 -1 1 3 2 66.7
2020 21.3 5 6.2 -1 1 3 4 80.0
2021 21.0 12 12.1 0 5 7 7 58.3
2022 22.2 9 10.6 -2 8 9 3 33.3
2023 21.9 20 17.1 3 2 12 9 45.0
Player 20.9 83 84.2 -1 29 53 45 54.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 7 8 5 9 8 7 8 6 7 6 8 11 7 7 7 8 3 7 8 9 7 3 10 9 6 8 9 11 8 8 5
2017 21 21 18 22 20 21 21 19 18 19 20 23 20 20 20 21 20 20 22 20 20 20 23 20 20 19 18 23 23 21 17
2018 6 10 5 9 6 6 6 7 6 4 6 9 10 5 6 9 7 6 5 8 5 7 11 7 5 5 6 8 10 8 6
2019 3 4 3 3 4 4 5 3 4 2 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 2 4 4 3 3 6 3 3