Taylor Ward
RF | B/T: R/R | 6' 1" 200LBS | Age: 29

Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #26, Los Angeles Angels | Fresno State

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 564 495 73 139 23 65 5 .281 .360 .473 .833
5 Seasons 1098 974 140 249 38 120 10 .256 .333 .431 .764
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2022 .281 23 65 5 .833
5 Seasons .256 38 120 10 .764

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%
2018 24 578 90 7 7.8 4.8 86.9 106.7 16.2 42.2 .202 .355 .255 .277 .360 33.3 30.6 6.1
2019 25 207 19 2 10.5 4.2 91.7 105.7 11.2 47.4 .191 .306 .275 .269 .463 52.6 47.9 12.5
2020 26 391 66 3 4.5 2.9 91.1 108.6 10.4 31.8 .250 .396 .314 .309 .393 47.0 27.5 7.8
2021 27 874 156 16 10.3 6.8 89.6 110.0 16.4 39.1 .259 .453 .333 .344 .407 39.7 23.2 8.4
2022 28 2297 380 47 12.4 8.3 90.0 112.6 15.8 41.8 .268 .474 .362 .361 .420 42.9 21.3 10.6
Player 4347 711 75 10.5 6.8 89.7 112.6 15.3 40.5 .252 .438 .333 .337 .408 41.6 24.7 9.4
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 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
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 36.7 28.9 25.6 8.9 42.2 34.4 23.3 2.2 30.0 35.6 21.1 2.2 7.8 4.8
2019 36.8 15.8 42.1 5.3 42.1 42.1 15.8 0.0 31.6 21.1 31.6 5.3 10.5 4.2
2020 45.5 25.8 28.8 0.0 19.7 45.5 34.8 4.5 31.8 24.2 24.2 10.6 4.5 2.9
2021 38.5 29.5 27.6 4.5 37.8 32.1 30.1 7.7 25.6 23.1 23.1 10.3 10.3 6.8
2022 35.5 31.3 27.1 6.1 38.4 36.1 25.5 3.4 25.0 25.3 26.3 7.4 12.4 8.3
Player 37.3 29.7 27.6 5.5 37.1 36.0 26.9 4.2 26.6 25.9 24.9 7.6 10.5 6.8
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer 0.4 4 819 35.7 191 .265 .457 .364 21.0 19.9 15.2 .271 .533 .396 52.8
2022 Slider 0.2 1 493 21.5 130 .220 .381 .288 35.3 33.1 27.9 .212 .373 .287 39.7
2022 Sinker 1.8 6 347 15.1 79 .324 .441 .430 8.1 7.6 9.7 .323 .493 .402 46.8
2022 Curveball 0.3 1 200 8.7 53 .275 .451 .325 18.8 17.0 12.3 .278 .420 .317 23.8
2022 Changeup 1.6 3 186 8.1 54 .298 .532 .423 21.8 20.4 17.2 .279 .458 .366 38.9
2022 Cutter 4.4 8 173 7.5 39 .424 .758 .532 21.7 20.5 17.0 .307 .571 .425 40.0
2022 Sweeper 3.4 2 59 2.6 12 .364 .727 .421 19.0 25.0 13.6 .256 .534 .315 22.2
2022 Splitter 5.3 1 13 0.6 4 .333 1.000 .575 50.0 50.0 25.0 .178 .520 .392 100.0
2022 Slurve -2.0 0 6 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .122 .144 .118 0.0
2021 4-Seamer -0.3 -1 268 30.7 65 .182 .436 .314 13.8 21.5 18.4 .259 .544 .381 45.2
2021 Slider 2.9 6 191 21.9 57 .314 .549 .413 29.0 22.8 18.8 .274 .554 .379 51.3
2021 Sinker -0.7 -1 151 17.3 40 .270 .405 .323 19.4 17.5 20.6 .274 .366 .308 30.0
2021 Changeup -0.3 0 93 10.6 31 .154 .154 .229 33.3 16.1 17.9 .241 .319 .316 33.3
2021 Curveball 2.8 2 73 8.4 16 .200 .400 .338 48.1 56.3 56.3 .225 .434 .305 33.3
2021 Cutter 3.6 2 57 6.5 17 .400 .667 .525 26.9 23.5 28.6 .257 .362 .293 25.0
2021 Sweeper 4.5 1 30 3.4 7 .400 .600 .507 55.6 28.6 18.2 .333 .387 .427 33.3
2021 Splitter 1.4 0 8 0.9 3 .333 .333 .300 40.0 33.3 16.7 .093 .104 .086 0.0
2021 Slurve -3.6 0 3 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .017 .041 .022 100.0
2020 4-Seamer 0.1 0 129 33.0 30 .148 .259 .285 12.5 16.7 14.3 .266 .490 .359 54.5
2020 Slider -0.8 -1 75 19.2 22 .286 .333 .293 35.9 36.4 24.2 .178 .245 .205 30.8
2020 Sinker 2.5 2 65 16.6 18 .412 .471 .408 12.0 27.8 38.5 .314 .391 .332 33.3
2020 Curveball -0.7 0 53 13.6 14 .286 .571 .357 41.7 50.0 33.3 .166 .322 .201 85.7
2020 Cutter 2.0 1 42 10.7 13 .333 .417 .358 14.3 23.1 25.0 .299 .516 .372 33.3
2020 Changeup 1.6 0 24 6.1 5 .333 .333 .460 33.3 0.0 0.0 .428 .499 .529 66.7
2020 Splitter -4.4 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Sweeper 7.3 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer -3.1 -2 67 32.4 18 .143 .214 .275 16.0 27.8 20.8 .173 .317 .315 66.7
2019 Slider 1.2 1 43 20.8 8 .250 .625 .363 71.4 75.0 37.5 .182 .301 .202 50.0
2019 Sinker -0.1 0 22 10.6 6 .500 .750 .592 0.0 0.0 0.0 .619 1.035 .697 50.0
2019 Curveball -2.7 -1 22 10.6 4 .000 .000 .000 60.0 100.0 57.1 -- -- .000 --
2019 Cutter -7.3 -2 21 10.1 5 .200 .200 .180 37.5 60.0 60.0 .123 .147 .117 50.0
2019 Changeup -4.9 -1 19 9.2 4 .250 .500 .313 37.5 50.0 28.6 .257 .286 .235 0.0
2019 Sweeper -0.1 0 6 2.9 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Splitter -14.4 0 2 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seamer -1.7 -4 240 41.5 59 .185 .333 .261 22.2 32.2 26.0 .180 .302 .249 34.3
2018 Sinker 2.8 3 102 17.6 29 .261 .522 .438 6.8 10.3 13.6 .263 .576 .428 25.0
2018 Slider 2.0 2 96 16.6 27 .185 .444 .271 43.2 48.1 33.3 .297 .516 .347 50.0
2018 Curveball -2.6 -1 56 9.7 11 .182 .182 .164 37.5 36.4 28.6 .181 .216 .177 42.9
2018 Changeup -2.7 -1 39 6.7 8 .143 .143 .200 23.5 12.5 6.7 .134 .165 .202 16.7
2018 Cutter -8.6 -3 36 6.2 11 .000 .000 .000 7.1 27.3 60.0 .059 .094 .064 25.0
2018 Sweeper -1.1 0 6 1.0 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Splitter -4.9 0 3 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
2018 147 578 1 -11 2 3 -5
2019 47 202 -3 -4 0 1 -5
2020 102 391 0 -3 4 2 2
2021 237 874 6 -8 6 4 9
2022 564 2,297 -5 -4 24 10 25
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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 %
2018 578 53.5 56.3 82.2 20.8 57.1 44.8 24.5 39.8 23.5 8.0 65.2
2019 207 49.5 57.0 71.9 24.5 28.0 42.1 25.0 40.6 41.7 6.9 71.4
2020 391 52.9 63.3 86.3 23.9 45.5 45.8 17.6 44.8 23.4 8.2 78.1
2021 874 51.5 67.3 82.5 25.5 53.7 40.7 32.1 47.0 25.1 8.2 83.3
2022 2,297 50.1 62.3 83.9 20.6 58.9 44.3 26.2 41.4 22.2 7.0 78.9
Player 4,347 51.0 62.3 83.1 22.1 54.6 43.7 26.4 42.6 24.0 7.5 77.5
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 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
2018 51 77
2019 41 82
2020 55 89 87
2021 71 79 67
2022 92 82 89 82 88 88 86 69 86 66 48 79 63 93 80 69 71
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 22.6 6 5.1 1 2 3 3 50.0
2019 -- 1 1.0 0 1 2 0 0.0
2020 -- 0 1.4 -1 1 2 0 --
2021 23.4 8 7.4 1 2 3 5 62.5
2022 23.2 23 20.7 2 13 21 5 21.7
Player 23.1 38 35.6 2 19 31 13 34.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 6 6 7 5 5 6 4 6 5 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 3 6 3 7
2019 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 3 0 2
2020 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 3
2021 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 6 8 8 7 6 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 7 9 7 8
2022 23 24 20 22 25 24 19 21 17 16 15 20 14 10 17 24 22 25 21 18 26 24 25 19 22 19 25 18 21 17 31
Player 38 38 37 36 39 40 31 38 32 29 29 34 24 23 30 41 39 42 35 33 41 37 38 34 39 36 45 28 40 28 51
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.9 91.7 4.8 91.1 -0.6 89.6 -1.5 90 0.4
Launch Angle 16.2 11.2 -5 10.4 -0.8 16.4 6 15.8 -0.6
Barrel % 7.8 10.5 2.7 4.5 -6 10.3 5.8 12.4 2.1
Hard Hit % 33.3 52.6 19.3 47 -5.6 39.7 -7.3 42.9 3.2
Sweet Spot % 42.2 47.4 5.2 31.8 -15.6 39.1 7.3 41.8 2.7
xBA .202 .191 -0.011 .25 0.059 .259 0.009 .268 0.009
BA .178 .19 0.012 .277 0.087 .25 -0.027 .281 0.031
xwOBA .277 .269 -0.008 .309 0.04 .344 0.035 .361 0.017
wOBA .255 .275 0.02 .314 0.039 .333 0.019 .362 0.029
xSLG .355 .306 -0.049 .396 0.09 .453 0.057 .474 0.021
SLG .333 .333 0 .383 0.05 .438 0.055 .473 0.035
K% 30.6 47.9 17.3 27.5 -20.4 23.2 -4.3 21.3 -1.9
BB% 6.1 12.5 6.4 7.8 -4.7 8.4 0.6 10.6 2.2
Swing % 39.8 40.6 0.8 44.8 4.2 47 2.2 41.4 -5.6
Whiff% 23.5 41.7 18.2 23.4 -18.3 25.1 1.7 22.2 -2.9
In Zone % 53.5 49.5 -4 52.9 3.4 51.5 -1.4 50.1 -1.4
Out of Zone % 46.5 50.5 4 47.1 -3.4 48.5 1.4 49.9 1.4