Taylor Walls
SS | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 10" 185LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 3, #79, Tampa Bay Rays | Florida State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 466 407 53 70 8 10 .172 .268 .285 .553
2023 349 303 50 61 8 22 .201 .305 .333 .638
2024 110 90 12 14 0 5 .156 .291 .200 .491
4 Seasons 1,101 952 130 177 17 41 .186 .289 .294 .583
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .172 8 10 .553
2023 .201 8 22 .638
2024 .156 0 5 .491
4 Seasons .186 17 41 .583
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting 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%
2021 24 745 104 3 2.9 1.7 88.5 106.4 12.2 38.5 .209 .310 .279 .284 .328 33.7 27.8 13.1
2022 25 1888 291 18 6.2 3.9 86.3 105.7 16.6 32.6 .196 .304 .252 .270 .304 28.5 25.8 11.2
2023 26 1420 212 7 3.3 2.0 86.7 104.8 19.1 32.1 .203 .298 .287 .277 .308 28.8 26.4 12.6
2024 27 479 60 1 1.7 0.9 86.0 104.2 16.9 16.7 .144 .203 .239 .238 .230 21.7 29.1 16.4
Player 4532 667 29 4.3 2.6 86.7 106.4 16.7 31.9 .195 .294 .266 .271 .302 28.8 26.6 12.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 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
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 48.1 23.1 25.0 3.8 35.6 40.4 24.0 4.8 34.6 23.1 25.0 8.7 2.9 1.7
2022 37.8 26.8 26.8 8.6 33.7 36.1 30.2 4.5 30.6 33.0 20.6 4.8 6.2 3.9
2023 35.8 31.6 21.7 10.8 36.3 38.2 25.5 3.8 25.9 36.8 24.5 5.7 3.3 2.0
2024 45.0 30.0 13.3 11.7 38.3 41.7 20.0 1.7 40.0 38.3 15.0 3.3 1.7 0.9
Player 39.4 28.0 23.7 8.8 35.2 37.9 26.8 4.0 30.6 33.1 22.0 5.5 4.3 2.6
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -1 185 38.6 47 .176 .265 .301 24.7 23.4 19.3 .126 .185 .268 32.0
2024 Sinker -2.3 -1 60 12.5 14 .182 .182 .279 22.2 14.3 16.7 .241 .442 .378 22.2
2024 Slider -1.7 -1 57 11.9 15 .071 .071 .107 39.1 40.0 27.3 .091 .119 .131 12.5
2024 Curveball -4.0 -2 56 11.7 10 .000 .000 .000 44.4 70.0 36.8 .039 .045 .035 0.0
2024 Cutter 0.9 0 43 9.0 9 .500 .625 .517 5.3 11.1 14.3 .361 .416 .380 28.6
2024 Changeup -2.6 -1 42 8.8 10 .111 .111 .160 37.5 30.0 23.1 .135 .146 .182 0.0
2024 Split-Finger -2.6 0 14 2.9 3 .000 .000 .000 57.1 66.7 25.0 .045 .056 .045 0.0
2024 Sweeper 0.6 0 13 2.7 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2024 Slurve -1.1 0 9 1.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .153 .156 .139 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -5 567 39.9 148 .176 .344 .297 24.4 25.0 21.3 .162 .261 .257 30.3
2023 Changeup 0.9 2 191 13.5 54 .300 .460 .356 42.2 24.1 26.0 .285 .385 .320 27.0
2023 Sinker 1.8 3 171 12.0 47 .225 .375 .340 20.3 21.3 21.3 .250 .421 .345 43.3
2023 Slider 0.3 1 158 11.1 33 .300 .433 .353 32.2 36.4 27.9 .194 .290 .254 16.7
2023 Curveball -1.4 -2 129 9.1 20 .000 .000 .070 29.4 30.0 20.7 .081 .094 .141 8.3
2023 Cutter -2.8 -3 122 8.6 23 .105 .158 .215 15.7 17.4 25.0 .237 .280 .308 33.3
2023 Split-Finger -5.8 -2 36 2.5 16 .071 .071 .144 47.4 50.0 38.1 .170 .201 .229 16.7
2023 Sweeper 0.8 0 29 2.0 5 .250 .250 .320 0.0 40.0 16.7 .243 .296 .326 50.0
2023 Slurve -2.5 0 8 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .471 .500 .424 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -6 782 41.4 193 .167 .327 .299 27.7 29.5 23.6 .154 .268 .272 33.3
2022 Changeup -1.4 -4 317 16.8 91 .172 .264 .213 28.2 16.5 16.9 .203 .285 .227 13.7
2022 Sinker -2.5 -6 242 12.8 67 .153 .169 .223 18.6 20.9 26.4 .254 .385 .327 40.0
2022 Curveball -1.9 -4 201 10.6 36 .121 .152 .168 21.1 30.6 16.9 .174 .227 .219 13.6
2022 Slider -0.2 0 156 8.3 35 .194 .484 .329 24.1 31.4 18.0 .249 .490 .360 40.0
2022 Cutter 0.5 0 95 5.0 28 .308 .385 .311 19.6 17.9 23.8 .281 .338 .301 33.3
2022 Sweeper 0.1 0 57 3.0 6 .000 .000 .117 22.2 66.7 20.0 .050 .050 .154 0.0
2022 Split-Finger 1.7 1 34 1.8 10 .200 .200 .270 33.3 30.0 25.0 .226 .277 .215 42.9
2022 Slurve -2.9 0 4 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -2 301 40.4 75 .227 .379 .306 29.5 32.0 25.3 .177 .288 .251 37.2
2021 Sinker -1.7 -2 124 16.6 34 .179 .214 .274 22.4 17.6 22.2 .249 .376 .345 40.9
2021 Slider 0.4 0 117 15.7 21 .188 .188 .295 15.8 23.8 12.5 .133 .166 .264 27.3
2021 Changeup -1.5 -1 84 11.3 24 .208 .250 .240 31.4 29.2 30.4 .251 .376 .269 29.4
2021 Curveball 0.4 0 57 7.7 11 .200 .200 .227 41.2 54.5 30.0 .233 .263 .261 25.0
2021 Cutter 3.6 2 45 6.0 8 .400 .600 .531 6.7 0.0 0.0 .473 .576 .547 20.0
2021 Sweeper -4.1 -1 13 1.7 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .152 .236 .161 0.0
2021 Split-Finger -10.1 0 4 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 176 745 -8 -6 6 4 -4
2022 471 1,917 -22 -22 16 7 -21
2023 355 1,441 -15 -15 18 4 -6
2024 110 479 -5 -8 3 3 -7
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 745 53.7 59.8 76.2 19.1 63.6 43.4 29.5 40.9 26.2 7.4 74.5
2022 1,888 51.4 64.9 78.9 19.8 55.5 44.0 28.8 43.0 25.4 7.8 77.6
2023 1,420 52.6 65.6 77.8 17.8 50.0 44.3 30.9 43.0 27.0 7.4 83.8
2024 479 47.2 68.6 79.4 19.0 45.8 43.4 30.0 42.4 27.6 7.9 84.2
Player 4,532 51.7 64.6 78.1 19.0 54.1 43.9 29.7 42.6 26.3 7.6 79.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Bat
Speed
Swing
Length
2021 42 87 70
2022 4 2 2 16 18 25 33 9 21 4 21 86 45 97 86 2 57
2023 6 1 1 7 23 2 8 11 14 7 24 89 39 97 73 8 60
2024 13 60 34
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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 %
2021 21.4 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 0.0
2022 22.8 8 7.9 0 5 7 3 37.5
2023 22.7 8 6.8 1 1 8 1 12.5
2024 -- 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 --
Player 22.7 17 16.0 1 7 17 4 23.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
2022 8 6 5 9 9 9 9 6 8 5 8 11 7 6 10 11 6 6 7 9 7 7 12 9 5 5 11 10 9 8 7
2023 8 5 5 7 7 8 8 8 7 5 6 7 7 6 8 8 9 6 8 9 7 4 10 8 6 5 8 7 7 6 3
2024 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Player 17 13 11 17 17 18 18 16 15 11 15 20 15 13 19 20 16 14 16 20 16 12 24 19 13 11 20 18 18 15 11
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.5 86.3 -2.2 86.7 0.4 86.0 -0.7
Launch Angle 12.2 16.6 4.4 19.1 2.5 16.9 -2.2
Barrel % 2.9 6.2 3.3 3.3 -2.9 1.7 -1.6
Hard Hit % 33.7 28.5 -5.2 28.8 0.3 21.7 -7.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 38.5 32.6 -5.9 32.1 -0.5 16.7 -15.4
xBA .209 .196 -0.013 .203 0.007 .144 -0.059
BA .211 .172 -0.039 .201 0.029 .156 -0.045
xwOBA .284 .270 -0.014 .277 0.007 .238 -0.039
wOBA .279 .252 -0.027 .287 0.035 .239 -0.048
xSLG .310 .304 -0.006 .298 -0.006 .203 -0.095
SLG .296 .285 -0.011 .333 0.048 .200 -0.133
K% 27.8 25.8 -2.0 26.4 0.6 29.1 2.7
BB% 13.1 11.2 -1.9 12.6 1.4 16.4 3.8
Swing % 40.9 43.0 2.1 43.0 0.0 42.4 -0.6
Whiff% 26.2 25.4 -0.8 27.0 1.6 27.6 0.6
In Zone % 53.7 51.4 -2.3 52.6 1.2 47.2 -5.4
Out of Zone % 46.3 48.6 2.3 47.4 -1.2 52.8 5.4
Out of Zone Swing % 19.1 19.8 0.7 17.8 -2.0 19.0 1.2
First Pitch Swing % 29.5 28.8 -0.7 30.9 2.1 30.0 -0.9
First Pitch Strike % 60.2 59.4 -0.8 57.6 -1.8 50.9 -6.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 102 34 33.3 .245 .321
2021 Shifts R 67 12 17.9 .277 .189
2022 Shifts L 329 147 44.7 .262 .239
2022 Shifts R 137 54 39.4 .222 .301
2023 Shades L 256 98 38.3 .282 .241
2023 Shades R 93 6 6.5 .360 .147
2024 Shades L 79 38 48.1 .137 .321
2024 Shades R 30 1 3.3 .237 .000
! 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 %
2021 228 18.4 15.8% 2.2% 151 23.6 0.0% 7.9%
2022 567 17.7 20.8% 2.6% 355 23.1 0.6% 10.1%
2023 384 15.5 42.4% 0.0% 287 20.3 1.0% 1.0%
2024 101 16.1 36.6% 1.0% 81 19.0 0.0% 1.2%
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