Taylor Clarke
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 210LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 3, #76, Arizona Diamondbacks | College of Charleston
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 1 3 4.98 43 0 0 43.1 39 1.52
2022 3 1 4.04 47 0 3 49 48 1.18
2023 3 6 5.95 58 2 3 59 65 1.61
5 Seasons 15 15 5.03 183 22 7 279.1 260 1.40
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 43 1-3 4.98 43.1 39 1.52
2022 47 3-1 4.04 49 48 1.18
2023 58 3-6 5.95 59 65 1.61
5 Seasons 183 15-15 5.03 279.1 260 1.40
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
2019 26 1512 265 32 12.1 8.7 89.3 114.3 16.0 30.6 .257 .512 .361 .353 .398 39.8 18.4 8.1 5.32 5.66
2020 27 703 122 12 9.8 6.6 89.8 109.4 16.1 32.0 .242 .461 .310 .337 .393 39.3 21.9 11.5 4.36 4.90
2021 28 754 141 11 7.8 5.7 91.9 113.1 15.8 35.5 .263 .439 .331 .322 .381 43.3 20.1 7.2 4.99 4.42
2022 29 859 146 9 6.2 4.4 89.5 109.2 19.1 34.9 .230 .373 .309 .277 .343 39.0 23.6 3.9 4.04 3.15
2023 30 1068 173 22 12.7 8.3 89.6 112.4 19.8 36.4 .251 .468 .376 .344 .421 41.6 24.4 9.0 5.95 5.10
Player 4896 847 86 10.2 7.1 89.9 114.3 17.3 33.5 .250 .459 .343 .331 .389 40.5 21.4 8.0
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

Clarke relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(37.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(29.0%) ,
Sweeper
(18.6%) ,
Changeup
(15.4%) ,


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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 40.0 28.7 21.5 9.8 37.0 38.1 24.9 3.8 29.1 29.8 18.5 6.0 12.1 8.7
2020 44.3 26.2 20.5 9.0 41.8 33.6 24.6 3.3 33.6 27.0 20.5 4.1 9.8 6.6
2021 38.3 27.7 27.7 6.4 33.3 37.6 29.1 1.4 27.7 30.5 27.0 5.0 7.8 5.7
2022 36.3 28.8 23.3 11.6 37.0 33.6 29.5 2.7 25.3 34.2 26.0 5.5 6.2 4.4
2023 31.8 32.4 24.9 11.0 49.1 31.8 19.1 6.4 19.1 32.9 24.3 4.6 12.7 8.3
Player 38.0 28.9 23.4 9.7 39.6 35.3 25.1 3.7 26.8 30.9 22.7 5.2 10.2 7.1
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
2023 Changeup KC R 164 89.1 28.2 -1.0 15.2ARM 0.5 6.3 -0.9 15.2ARM 0.8
2023 Sweeper KC R 199 83.9 41.3 2.7 11.2GLV -2.3 -2.5 4.0 11.2GLV -2.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball KC R 309 94.8 13.0 1.4 4.9ARM -2.2 17.5 1.7 4.9ARM -2.4
2023 Slider KC R 394 88.5 29.8 -2.8 4.4GLV 0.4 4.9 -3.4 4.4GLV -0.9
2022 Slider KC R 311 88.4 31.4 -0.8 3.6GLV -0.2 3.4 -1.6 3.6GLV -2.1
2022 4-Seam Fastball KC R 364 95.6 12.3 1.5 5.5ARM -1.7 17.7 1.5 5.5ARM -1.8
2022 Changeup KC R 184 89.0 29.5 0.4 14.1ARM -0.4 5.0 0.9 14.1ARM -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 %
2023 Slider 0.8 3 395 37.0 102 .242 .429 .329 32.3 24.5 20.3 .192 .369 .286 39.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -5 310 29.0 76 .354 .600 .422 15.4 21.1 15.1 .333 .666 .451 53.8
2023 Sweeper -2.0 -4 199 18.6 51 .298 .489 .367 32.6 31.4 16.8 .239 .370 .294 32.3
2023 Changeup -2.9 -5 164 15.4 36 .387 .613 .461 31.6 22.2 19.0 .269 .493 .366 33.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -5 364 42.4 86 .296 .506 .363 15.3 18.6 12.9 .264 .485 .341 50.8
2022 Slider 0.4 1 311 36.2 78 .192 .329 .235 35.5 33.3 23.0 .192 .267 .217 22.4
2022 Changeup -0.9 -2 184 21.4 39 .316 .447 .364 28.3 15.4 10.2 .232 .338 .257 40.6
! 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
2023 Changeup 163 89.1 95 16.8 2:00 2:30 -30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 301 94.8 90 17.7 12:45 12:30 15
2023 Slider 381 88.6 40 6.4 11:30 10:15 75
2023 Sweeper 190 83.9 52 12.7 7:30 8:15 -45
2022 Changeup 180 89.1 96 15.4 2:00 2:30 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 363 95.6 91 18.1 1:00 12:30 30
2022 Slider 307 88.4 34 4.9 11:30 10:15 75
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 368 1,511 1 5 -9 -8 -11
2020 181 703 3 4 -4 -3 1
2021 192 753 -1 9 -5 -3 0
2022 203 859 1 1 -5 -2 -5
2023 265 1,068 -2 0 -6 -3 -10
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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 1,512 46.1 72.0 84.5 28.1 59.4 42.5 64.5 48.4 23.2 6.8 85.3
2020 703 46.7 66.2 86.6 23.5 55.7 44.2 64.5 43.4 22.3 8.0 75.0
2021 754 47.7 76.4 81.5 28.4 65.2 44.6 63.5 51.3 22.7 5.2 87.2
2022 859 48.5 76.5 81.8 32.1 58.5 44.1 66.5 53.7 25.2 6.5 92.9
2023 1,068 47.2 67.3 81.2 34.9 56.9 39.9 65.7 50.3 27.7 8.7 81.7
Player 4,896 47.1 71.7 83.1 29.7 59.0 42.8 64.9 49.5 24.4 7.1 84.1
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
2019 12 34 6 2 34 17 2 31 22 17 50 32 39 55 61 46 50
2020 29 47 22 16 38 13 17 23 36 41 22 20 17 67 68 42 39
2021 81 44 40
2022 79 59 54 49 90 82 70 23 41 55 97 47 76 78 62 33
2023 18 39 14 6 33 40 1 34 32 57 40 62 98 64 55 30
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 23.4 23 23.9 -1 2 19 10 43.5
2020 22.5 8 7.7 0 1 3 5 62.5
2021 22.0 4 5.0 -1 3 6 0 0.0
2022 23.3 6 6.4 0 3 5 3 50.0
2023 23.7 12 13.5 -2 4 11 5 41.7
Player 23.2 53 56.5 -4 13 44 23 43.4
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
2019 23 28 21 22 25 25 27 21 18 19 23 24 26 23 25 24 22 23 25 26 24 26 28 26 21 24 21 25 27 24 23
2020 8 8 7 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 6 7 8 8 7 8 7
2021 4 5 3 8 4 4 6 7 2 3 4 7 6 4 5 8 6 5 6 5 6 3 7 6 6 4 6 5 5 4 1
2022 6 6 4 8 7 6 7 7 5 5 6 8 6 5 7 7 7 7 6 8 6 5 9 9 5 4 8 8 5 5 6
2023 12 13 10 13 13 13 14 14 12 12 13 13 14 10 15 16 17 14 15 15 13 14 17 18 10 12 13 15 15 13 10
Player 53 60 45 60 57 56 62 57 45 46 54 60 59 49 60 63 60 57 60 62 57 55 69 67 48 51 56 61 59 54 47
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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.6 94.3 0.7 ↑ 95.5 1.2 ↑ 95.6 0.1 ↑ 94.8 -0.8 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 86.8 88.9 2.1 ↑ 89.3 0.4 ↑ 89.0 -0.3 ↓ 89.1 0.1 ↑
Breaking Velocity 83.7 84.5 0.8 ↑ 87.0 2.5 ↑ 88.4 1.4 ↑ 87.0 -1.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.3 89.8 0.5 ↑ 91.9 2.1 ↑ 89.5 -2.4 ↓ 89.6 0.1 ↑
Launch Angle 16.0 16.1 0.1 ↑ 15.8 -0.3 ↓ 19.1 3.3 ↑ 19.8 0.7 ↑
Barrel % 12.1 9.8 -2.3 ↓ 7.8 -2.0 ↓ 6.2 -1.6 ↓ 12.7 6.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 39.8 39.3 -0.5 ↓ 43.3 4.0 ↑ 39.0 -4.3 ↓ 41.6 2.6 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.6 32.0 1.4 ↑ 35.5 3.5 ↑ 34.9 -0.6 ↓ 36.4 1.5 ↑
xBA .257 .242 -0.015 ↓ .263 0.021 ↑ .230 -0.033 ↓ .251 0.021 ↑
BA .263 .217 -0.046 ↓ .291 0.074 ↑ .260 -0.031 ↓ .303 0.043 ↑
xwOBA .353 .337 -0.016 ↓ .322 -0.015 ↓ .277 -0.045 ↓ .344 0.067 ↑
wOBA .361 .310 -0.051 ↓ .331 0.021 ↑ .309 -0.022 ↓ .376 0.067 ↑
xSLG .512 .461 -0.051 ↓ .439 -0.022 ↓ .373 -0.066 ↓ .468 0.095 ↑
SLG .550 .422 -0.128 ↓ .436 0.014 ↑ .427 -0.009 ↓ .513 0.086 ↑
K% 18.4 21.9 3.5 ↑ 20.1 -1.8 ↓ 23.6 3.5 ↑ 24.4 0.8 ↑
BB% 8.1 11.5 3.4 ↑ 7.2 -4.3 ↓ 3.9 -3.3 ↓ 9.0 5.1 ↑
Swing % 48.4 43.4 -5.0 ↓ 51.3 7.9 ↑ 53.7 2.4 ↑ 50.3 -3.4 ↓
Whiff% 23.2 22.3 -0.9 ↓ 22.7 0.4 ↑ 25.2 2.5 ↑ 27.7 2.5 ↑
In Zone % 46.1 46.7 0.6 ↑ 47.7 1.0 ↑ 48.5 0.8 ↑ 47.2 -1.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 53.9 53.3 -0.6 ↓ 52.3 -1.0 ↓ 51.5 -0.8 ↓ 52.8 1.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 28.1 23.5 -4.6 ↓ 28.4 4.9 ↑ 32.1 3.7 ↑ 34.9 2.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 35.5 36.1 0.6 ↑ 39.6 3.5 ↑ 38.4 -1.2 ↓ 37.0 -1.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 64.5 64.5 0.0 63.5 -1.0 ↓ 66.5 3.0 ↑ 65.7 -0.8 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 369 .361 178 44 24.7 191 105 55.0
2020 Shifts 181 .310 103 31 30.1 78 44 56.4
2021 Shifts 191 .333 113 20 17.7 78 35 44.9
2022 Shifts 203 .309 121 17 14.0 82 37 45.1
2023 Shades 265 .376 135 19 14.1 130 65 50.0
! 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 483 17.4 16.6% 1.0% 162 24.7 0.0% 13.6%
2020 224 21.1 0.0% 4.0% 98 25.3 0.0% 9.2%
2021 199 22.0 0.0% 7.0% 96 25.6 0.0% 17.7%
2022 186 21.4 0.5% 6.5% 147 23.6 0.0% 4.8%
2023 284 16.3 23.9% 0.4% 130 18.4 4.6% 1.5%

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Pitch Distribution

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