Taylor Walls
SS | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 8" 185LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 3, #79, Tampa Bay Rays | Florida State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 349 303 50 61 8 22 .201 .305 .333 .638
2024 252 218 27 40 1 16 .183 .282 .248 .530
2025 187 161 23 34 2 8 .211 .296 .286 .582
5 Seasons 1,430 1,241 168 237 20 60 .191 .289 .292 .581
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .201 8 22 .638
2024 .183 1 16 .530
2025 .211 2 8 .582
5 Seasons .191 20 60 .581
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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 .205 .305 .279 .280 .322 33.7 27.8 13.1
2022 25 1888 291 18 6.2 3.9 86.3 105.7 16.6 32.6 .193 .301 .252 .268 .300 28.5 25.8 11.2
2023 26 1420 212 7 3.3 2.0 86.7 104.8 19.1 32.1 .200 .295 .287 .274 .304 28.8 26.4 12.6
2024 27 1028 154 5 3.2 2.0 86.1 104.4 18.2 29.9 .184 .259 .245 .252 .274 24.0 26.6 12.3
2025 28 747 123 2 1.6 1.1 85.9 102.8 15.0 27.6 .203 .272 .268 .257 .269 23.6 21.9 10.9
Player 5828 884 35 4.0 2.5 86.6 106.4 16.7 32.0 .196 .289 .265 .267 .295 27.7 25.8 11.9
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2021 48.1 51.9 23.1 25.0 3.8 35.6 40.4 24.0 24.0 20.2 3.8 11.5 20.2 20.2
2022 37.8 62.2 26.8 26.8 8.6 33.7 36.1 30.2 15.1 17.9 4.8 18.6 18.2 25.4
2023 35.8 64.2 31.6 21.7 10.8 36.3 38.2 25.5 19.8 12.3 3.8 16.5 25.9 21.7
2024 37.0 63.0 29.9 21.4 11.7 40.3 36.4 23.4 19.5 14.3 3.2 20.8 22.1 20.1
2025 44.7 55.3 28.5 20.3 6.5 35.0 31.7 33.3 19.5 18.7 6.5 15.4 13.0 26.8
Player 39.4 60.6 28.3 23.5 8.8 35.9 36.5 27.6 18.7 16.3 4.4 17.2 20.2 23.2
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 4.8 34.6 23.1 25.0 8.7 2.9 1.7
2022 4.5 30.6 33.0 20.6 4.8 6.2 3.9
2023 3.8 25.9 36.8 24.5 5.7 3.3 2.0
2024 3.9 31.2 36.4 20.1 5.2 3.2 2.0
2025 7.3 31.7 31.7 23.6 4.1 1.6 1.1
Player 4.6 30.2 33.1 22.4 5.4 4.0 2.5
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -5 251 33.6 65 .214 .232 .261 23.3 26.2 20.5 .164 .249 .227 31.7
2025 Sinker -0.9 -1 124 16.6 38 .200 .300 .314 14.8 7.9 10.0 .281 .361 .350 27.6
2025 Slider 0.2 0 90 12.0 18 .250 .375 .317 16.7 22.2 12.5 .235 .261 .268 8.3
2025 Changeup 1.6 1 90 12.0 19 .368 .474 .368 19.6 21.1 13.3 .305 .363 .291 33.3
2025 Cutter -2.1 -2 76 10.2 15 .167 .250 .237 25.7 26.7 20.0 .127 .149 .191 11.1
2025 Curveball -0.9 0 42 5.6 7 .000 .000 .100 0.0 28.6 11.1 .096 .118 .179 0.0
2025 Split-Finger -3.6 -1 36 4.8 10 .100 .100 .090 17.4 30.0 17.6 .154 .165 .139 0.0
2025 Sweeper 3.5 1 35 4.7 10 .222 .556 .360 7.7 30.0 20.0 .144 .341 .250 16.7
2025 Slurve 8.9 0 3 0.4 1 -- -- .700 100.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -6 424 41.2 113 .215 .290 .287 23.8 23.9 20.6 .207 .306 .291 34.8
2024 Curveball -1.6 -2 112 10.9 19 .158 .158 .142 30.8 47.4 27.3 .138 .159 .130 10.0
2024 Sinker -2.8 -3 106 10.3 23 .158 .263 .270 14.9 17.4 18.2 .201 .336 .311 40.0
2024 Slider -1.5 -2 106 10.3 24 .136 .227 .200 39.5 33.3 19.5 .138 .165 .181 7.1
2024 Changeup -2.7 -3 101 9.8 27 .120 .160 .165 29.2 25.9 21.9 .122 .187 .177 11.1
2024 Cutter -0.2 0 98 9.5 26 .273 .318 .329 11.4 11.5 15.0 .291 .361 .347 15.8
2024 Split-Finger -3.7 -2 42 4.1 10 .000 .000 .070 40.9 50.0 23.8 .090 .102 .148 0.0
2024 Sweeper 1.4 0 27 2.6 8 .286 .429 .356 33.3 37.5 42.9 .147 .164 .205 0.0
2024 Slurve -2.8 0 12 1.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 25.0 .102 .103 .094 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 176 745 -12 -5 7 4 -7
2022 466 1,888 -18 -24 15 8 -19
2023 349 1,419 -14 -17 17 4 -10
2024 252 1,028 -18 -11 8 4 -17
2025 183 747 -12 -6 9 2 -7
Player 1,426 5,827 -73 -63 56 -73 -59
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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 25.5 7.8 77.6
2023 1,420 52.6 65.6 77.8 17.8 50.0 44.3 30.9 43.0 27.2 7.4 83.8
2024 1,028 50.7 69.3 80.3 20.3 52.4 42.3 38.9 45.1 25.0 9.4 86.6
2025 747 56.1 65.9 82.6 21.0 58.0 45.0 33.3 46.2 19.4 10.6 81.0
Player 5,828 52.5 65.3 79.1 19.5 55.0 43.8 31.8 43.5 25.1 8.3 81.0
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2021 42 87 70
2022 3 2 2 14 15 25 33 9 21 4 21 86 44 97 86 2 57
2023 4 1 1 6 20 2 8 11 14 7 24 89 39 97 73 7 60
2024 12 62 22 37
2025 3 3 1 2 11 3 3 6 9 1 50 74 79 88 72 88 38 7 41 77
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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 21.44 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 0.0
2022 22.84 8 7.9 0 5 7 3 37.5
2023 22.67 8 6.7 1 1 8 1 12.5
2024 22.27 1 2.1 -1 2 2 1 100.0
2025 23.39 2 2.5 -1 0 2 1 50.0
Player 22.72 20 20.2 0 9 20 6 30.0
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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 8 8 7
2023 8 5 5 7 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 7 7 6 8 8 9 6 8 9 7 4 9 8 6 5 7 7 7 6 3
2024 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 2 3
2025 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2
Player 20 18 15 21 19 23 23 20 18 14 20 24 20 17 24 23 20 18 19 25 20 17 28 24 17 15 23 23 22 20 15
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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 88.5 -2.2 86.3 0.4 86.7 -0.6 86.1 -0.2 85.9
Launch Angle 12.2 4.4 16.6 2.5 19.1 -0.9 18.2 -3.2 15.0
Barrel % 2.9 3.3 6.2 -2.9 3.3 -0.1 3.2 -1.6 1.6
Hard Hit % 33.7 -5.2 28.5 0.3 28.8 -4.8 24.0 -0.4 23.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 38.5 -5.9 32.6 -0.5 32.1 -2.2 29.9 -2.3 27.6
xBA .205 -0.012 .193 0.007 .200 -0.016 .184 0.019 .203
BA .211 -0.039 .172 0.029 .201 -0.018 .183 0.032 .215
xwOBA .280 -0.012 .268 0.006 .274 -0.022 .252 0.005 .257
wOBA .279 -0.027 .252 0.035 .287 -0.042 .245 0.023 .268
xSLG .305 -0.004 .301 -0.006 .295 -0.036 .259 0.013 .272
SLG .296 -0.011 .285 0.048 .333 -0.085 .248 0.043 .291
K% 27.8 -2.0 25.8 0.6 26.4 0.2 26.6 -4.7 21.9
BB% 13.1 -1.9 11.2 1.4 12.6 -0.3 12.3 -1.4 10.9
Swing % 40.9 2.1 43.0 0.0 43.0 2.1 45.1 1.1 46.2
Whiff% 26.2 -0.7 25.5 1.7 27.2 -2.2 25.0 -5.6 19.4
In Zone % 53.7 -2.3 51.4 1.2 52.6 -1.9 50.7 5.4 56.1
Out of Zone % 46.3 2.3 48.6 -1.2 47.4 1.9 49.3 -5.4 43.9
Out of Zone Swing % 19.1 0.7 19.8 -2.0 17.8 2.5 20.3 0.7 21.0
First Pitch Swing % 29.5 -0.7 28.8 2.1 30.9 8.0 38.9 -5.6 33.3
First Pitch Strike % 60.2 -0.8 59.4 -1.8 57.6 2.3 59.9 9.5 69.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 102 26 25.5 .228 .396
2021 Shifts R 67 8 11.9 .258 .283
2022 Shifts L 329 124 37.7 .259 .240
2022 Shifts R 137 51 37.2 .237 .281
2023 Shades L 256 98 38.3 .282 .241
2023 Shades R 93 6 6.5 .360 .147
2024 Shades L 195 83 42.6 .228 .269
2024 Shades R 56 11 19.6 .239 .145
2025 Shades L 124 53 42.7 .214 .355
2025 Shades R 58 4 6.9 .264 .174
! 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 286 15.7 39.2% 0.3% 182 18.9 2.2% 0.5%
2025 209 15.9 36.8% 0.5% 101 19.5 10.9% 0.0%
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