Taylor Hearn
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 6" 230LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 5, #164, Washington Nationals | Oklahoma Baptist
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 6 6 4.66 42 11 0 104.1 92 1.32
2022 6 8 5.13 31 13 1 100 97 1.50
2023 0 0 11.40 13 0 0 15 15 2.07
5 Seasons 12 15 5.35 101 25 1 237 227 1.48
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 42 6-6 4.66 104.1 92 1.32
2022 31 6-8 5.13 100 97 1.50
2023 13 0-0 11.40 15 15 2.07
5 Seasons 101 12-15 5.35 237 227 1.48
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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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 24 39 4 1 25.0 12.5 92.3 108.8 13.8 50.0 .359 .527 .715 .529 .367 50.0 0.0 50.0 108.00 16.72
2020 25 352 41 2 4.9 2.6 90.0 111.1 23.6 34.1 .182 .294 .295 .279 .313 36.6 30.3 14.5 3.63 3.25
2021 26 1726 303 24 7.9 5.4 88.5 110.9 15.7 37.3 .257 .434 .321 .335 .385 38.3 20.9 9.5 4.66 4.82
2022 27 1787 306 30 9.8 6.7 89.5 111.9 15.1 38.6 .265 .420 .337 .337 .391 40.2 21.6 9.6 5.13 4.81
2023 28 313 53 9 17.0 11.8 88.8 111.1 17.3 37.7 .286 .520 .418 .377 .436 41.5 19.7 10.5 11.40 6.32
Player 4217 707 66 9.3 6.3 89.1 111.9 16.0 37.8 .258 .425 .336 .336 .387 39.3 21.6 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

Hearn relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(48.6%) ,
Slider
(39.9%) ,
Sinker
(7.3%) ,
Changeup
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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 50.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 75.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 25.0 12.5
2020 26.8 34.1 24.4 14.6 31.7 29.3 39.0 0.0 19.5 48.8 22.0 4.9 4.9 2.6
2021 40.9 27.4 25.4 6.3 35.3 38.3 26.4 5.6 29.0 26.7 22.8 7.6 7.9 5.4
2022 38.6 25.8 28.8 6.9 39.5 35.0 25.5 5.2 24.5 25.8 29.1 5.2 9.8 6.7
2023 32.1 28.3 32.1 7.5 35.8 35.8 28.3 5.7 20.8 26.4 28.3 1.9 17.0 11.8
Player 38.5 27.2 27.3 7.1 37.2 35.9 26.9 5.1 25.9 27.6 25.9 5.9 9.3 6.3
MLB 44.6 23.5 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.

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
2023 Sinker KC L 23 94.0 19.5 -1.3 -6 14.1 -0.4 -3
2023 Changeup KC L 13 90.2 24.3 -3.4 -12 13.1 -1.5 -10
2023 4-Seamer KC L 152 95.6 13.5 0.0 0 9.5 2.9 43
2023 Slider KC L 125 86.9 34.1 -0.1 0 2.7 -1.6 -38
2022 Cutter TEX L 30 88.7 26.4 0.5 2 0.4 -3.2 -113
2022 4-Seamer TEX L 858 94.8 13.8 0.0 0 7.7 1.2 18
2022 Changeup TEX L 155 87.6 26.1 -2.6 -9 10.5 -3.5 -25
2022 Sinker TEX L 262 93.8 18.7 -1.8 -9 14.6 0.2 2
2022 Slider TEX L 480 84.9 38.7 2.3 6 3.2 -2.2 -40
2021 Sinker TEX L 358 93.8 20.3 -0.2 -1 14.9 0.4 3
2021 4-Seamer TEX L 779 95.1 13.6 0.1 1 6.3 -0.5 -7
2021 Cutter TEX L 3 89.6 23.5 2.1 8 7.1 -9.7 -381
2021 Slider TEX L 338 84.3 34.1 -3.0 -8 5.2 0.2 3
2021 Changeup TEX L 207 86.9 28.7 -0.2 -1 11.2 -2.5 -18
2020 Slider TEX L 97 83.7 34.4 -3.7 -10 5.8 0.6 12
2020 Changeup TEX L 38 85.1 27.6 -1.6 -6 9.9 -3.0 -23
2020 Sinker TEX L 1 97.5 10.6 -6.5 -38 11.1 -3.1 -22
2020 4-Seamer TEX L 208 94.9 12.7 1.0 7 5.7 -1.1 -16
2019 4-Seamer TEX L 27 91.6 16.8 -0.5 -3 7.2 0.6 9
2019 Slider TEX L 7 80.0 36.3 -6.9 -16 7.3 0.2 3
2019 Changeup TEX L 5 81.9 32.2 -0.1 0 12.6 -0.6 -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 4-Seamer -2.8 -4 152 48.6 34 .393 .679 .500 25.7 23.5 15.1 .303 .593 .432 55.0
2023 Slider -0.7 -1 125 39.9 31 .233 .333 .261 21.6 19.4 11.5 .215 .351 .256 25.0
2023 Sinker -0.9 0 23 7.3 5 .400 .400 .360 8.3 0.0 0.0 .451 .524 .425 40.0
2023 Changeup -15.6 -2 13 4.2 6 .600 1.600 .867 20.0 16.7 33.3 .453 1.124 .660 75.0
2022 4-Seamer 0.1 1 858 48.0 203 .201 .373 .325 22.9 25.6 20.4 .216 .355 .324 36.4
2022 Slider -0.9 -4 480 26.9 140 .278 .414 .314 24.9 25.0 17.6 .273 .437 .321 42.4
2022 Sinker -0.1 0 262 14.7 65 .345 .534 .415 19.0 12.3 21.6 .354 .546 .419 45.1
2022 Changeup -1.7 -3 157 8.8 37 .361 .500 .407 18.7 5.4 6.7 .304 .449 .335 41.2
2022 Cutter -2.4 -1 30 1.7 4 .750 1.000 .763 6.7 0.0 0.0 .422 .524 .415 25.0
2021 4-Seamer 0.8 6 798 46.2 187 .241 .422 .336 22.9 26.2 20.2 .268 .447 .348 41.9
2021 Sinker 1.1 4 368 21.3 108 .255 .330 .321 17.5 11.1 20.0 .270 .396 .333 38.1
2021 Slider -0.9 -3 344 19.9 92 .233 .512 .321 30.4 31.5 19.7 .191 .394 .268 32.2
2021 Changeup -2.0 -4 213 12.3 52 .279 .465 .357 19.0 3.8 5.0 .315 .548 .415 37.2
2021 Cutter -10.3 0 3 0.2 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2020 4-Seamer 2.2 5 212 60.2 57 .174 .239 .268 26.0 33.3 27.9 .169 .271 .276 35.7
2020 Slider -2.5 -3 99 28.1 14 .250 .500 .371 21.6 21.4 6.8 .152 .227 .238 22.2
2020 Changeup -5.0 -2 40 11.4 5 .400 .600 .610 23.1 20.0 11.1 .369 .670 .434 75.0
2020 Sinker 0.0 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer -10.2 -3 27 69.2 5 1.000 2.000 .810 0.0 0.0 0.0 .620 1.160 .701 100.0
2019 Slider -30.3 -2 7 17.9 3 .667 .667 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 .272 .316 .254 33.3
2019 Changeup -3.1 0 5 12.8 -- -- -- 33.3 -- 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.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 13 90.2 87 16.4 11:00 10:00 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 150 95.6 98 18.8 10:45 11:00 -15
2023 Sinker 22 94.0 93 18.4 11:00 10:15 45
2023 Slider 116 86.8 23 3.4 1:00 2:45 -105
2022 Changeup 154 87.6 88 14.1 11:00 10:15 45
2022 Cutter 30 88.7 49 7.8 12:00 12:00 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 857 94.8 94 18.2 10:45 11:00 -15
2022 Sinker 260 93.9 92 19.2 11:00 10:15 45
2022 Slider 478 84.9 20 4.9 2:15 4:00 -105
2021 Changeup 208 86.9 85 13.4 11:00 10:00 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 776 95.1 90 17.5 11:00 11:15 -15
2021 Sinker 365 93.8 88 18.5 11:00 10:00 60
2021 Slider 338 84.4 36 7.8 2:15 2:00 15
2020 Changeup 39 85.0 85 13.6 11:00 10:15 45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 188 95.0 92 18.2 11:00 11:15 -15
2020 Slider 92 83.8 42 7.5 2:15 2:00 15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 76 352 0 7 -5 -2 0
2021 440 1,726 16 11 -18 -6 2
2022 449 1,787 -6 21 -15 -7 -7
2023 76 313 -5 0 -1 -1 -7
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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 39 41.0 50.0 87.5 17.4 100.0 35.9 50.0 30.8 8.3 2.6 100.0
2020 352 49.4 62.1 75.9 21.9 74.4 42.9 52.6 41.8 24.5 9.1 71.9
2021 1,726 51.6 68.5 80.2 23.0 63.0 41.9 61.4 46.5 22.9 7.9 75.9
2022 1,787 50.5 69.0 84.6 26.7 58.9 42.9 63.9 48.1 22.2 7.8 80.7
2023 313 51.1 72.5 81.0 32.0 65.3 38.0 60.5 52.7 22.4 8.3 80.8
Player 4,217 50.8 68.4 81.8 25.1 62.5 42.1 61.7 47.1 22.6 8.0 78.0
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
2020 78 94 92 83 57 88 77 20 53 81 5 34 10 79 58 44
2021 23 24 29 34 28 32 48 56 53 30 33 25 6 71 53 42
2022 14 15 23 35 13 21 11 23 29 41 25 23 20 63 67 52
2023 75 55 33
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 24.8 2 2.1 0 3 2 0 0.0
2021 22.8 17 17.0 0 6 13 7 41.2
2022 24.5 11 12.7 -2 4 12 3 27.3
2023 25.2 4 4.1 0 0 3 2 50.0
Player 23.8 34 36.0 -2 13 30 12 35.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 0 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4 2 1 4 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 0
2021 17 21 15 16 18 16 18 17 12 14 14 17 18 15 18 21 17 17 20 17 16 20 21 21 15 16 19 18 15 15 14
2022 11 8 11 11 14 14 15 11 10 10 13 14 11 11 15 13 10 13 14 14 12 14 17 14 8 12 15 16 14 14 13
2023 4 2 4 2 5 5 5 4 5 2 5 5 2 4 5 4 4 3 5 5 4 5 5 4 2 3 5 5 4 5 5
Player 34 34 31 31 39 38 41 35 29 26 34 40 32 31 40 40 33 36 40 40 34 40 47 41 27 32 41 42 36 37 32
! 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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.6 95.0 3.4 ↑ 94.7 -0.3 ↓ 94.4 -0.3 ↓ 95.4 1.0 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 81.9 85.0 3.1 ↑ 86.9 1.9 ↑ 87.6 0.7 ↑ 90.2 2.6 ↑
Breaking Velocity 80.0 83.7 3.7 ↑ 84.3 0.6 ↑ 84.9 0.6 ↑ 86.9 2.0 ↑
Exit Velocity 92.3 90.0 -2.3 ↓ 88.5 -1.5 ↓ 89.5 1.0 ↑ 88.8 -0.7 ↓
Launch Angle 13.8 23.6 9.8 ↑ 15.7 -7.9 ↓ 15.1 -0.6 ↓ 17.3 2.2 ↑
Barrel % 25.0 4.9 -20.1 ↓ 7.9 3.0 ↑ 9.8 1.9 ↑ 17.0 7.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 50.0 36.6 -13.4 ↓ 38.3 1.7 ↑ 40.2 1.9 ↑ 41.5 1.3 ↑
Sweet Spot % 50.0 34.1 -15.9 ↓ 37.3 3.2 ↑ 38.6 1.3 ↑ 37.7 -0.9 ↓
xBA .359 .182 -0.177 ↓ .257 0.075 ↑ .265 0.008 ↑ .286 0.021 ↑
BA .750 .206 -0.544 ↓ .247 0.041 ↑ .268 0.021 ↑ .338 0.070 ↑
xwOBA .529 .279 -0.250 ↓ .335 0.056 ↑ .337 0.002 ↑ .377 0.040 ↑
wOBA .715 .295 -0.420 ↓ .321 0.026 ↑ .337 0.016 ↑ .418 0.081 ↑
xSLG .527 .294 -0.233 ↓ .434 0.140 ↑ .420 -0.014 ↓ .520 0.100 ↑
SLG 1.000 .317 -0.683 ↓ .424 0.107 ↑ .427 0.003 ↑ .574 0.147 ↑
K% 0.0 30.3 30.3 ↑ 20.9 -9.4 ↓ 21.6 0.7 ↑ 19.7 -1.9 ↓
BB% 50.0 14.5 -35.5 ↓ 9.5 -5.0 ↓ 9.6 0.1 ↑ 10.5 0.9 ↑
Swing % 30.8 41.8 11.0 ↑ 46.5 4.7 ↑ 48.1 1.6 ↑ 52.7 4.6 ↑
Whiff% 8.3 24.5 16.2 ↑ 22.9 -1.6 ↓ 22.2 -0.7 ↓ 22.4 0.2 ↑
In Zone % 41.0 49.4 8.4 ↑ 51.6 2.2 ↑ 50.5 -1.1 ↓ 51.1 0.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 59.0 50.6 -8.4 ↓ 48.4 -2.2 ↓ 49.5 1.1 ↑ 48.9 -0.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 17.4 21.9 4.5 ↑ 23.0 1.1 ↑ 26.7 3.7 ↑ 32.0 5.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 12.5 17.1 4.6 ↑ 28.0 10.9 ↑ 32.1 4.1 ↑ 34.2 2.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 50.0 52.6 2.6 ↑ 61.4 8.8 ↑ 63.9 2.5 ↑ 60.5 -3.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 8 .715 6 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
2020 Shifts 76 .295 49 12 24.5 27 19 70.4
2021 Shifts 412 .321 287 37 12.9 125 85 68.0
2022 Shifts 449 .337 347 101 29.1 102 72 70.6
2023 Shades 76 .418 47 3 6.4 29 14 48.3
! 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 3 16.9 0.0% 0.0% 17 19.7 0.0% 0.0%
2020 91 17.3 15.4% 0.0% 78 25.5 0.0% 14.1%
2021 516 18.9 11.6% 1.7% 282 25.6 0.0% 17.7%
2022 481 19.1 6.4% 3.7% 325 21.9 0.0% 5.2%
2023 68 16.0 32.4% 0.0% 56 18.4 8.9% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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