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Michael Taylor RF

Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
8	114	.167	.254	.216	73	0.0

Birth Date	12-19-1985
Height	6' 5"
Weight	255 lbs

Age	38 years, 3 months, 30 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2011	OAK	25	11	35	6	0	1	5	11	.200	.314	.300	75	-1.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.1
2012	OAK	26	6	21	3	1	0	0	10	.143	.143	.190	58	-1.0	0.4	0.6	0.0
2013	OAK	27	9	25	1	0	0	2	5	.043	.120	.043	74	-0.7	0.0	-0.9	-0.1
2014	CHA	28	11	33	7	1	0	5	9	.250	.364	.286	79	-0.7	-0.1	1.3	0.1
Career			37	114	17	2	1	12	35	.167	.254	.216	73	-3.4	0.5	0.7	0.0

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2007	WPT	A-	NYP	66	261	.254	.335	.373	.269	94	-4.1	7.8	-2.5	89	0	-3.0	3.0	-2.8	0.3
2008	LWD	A	SAL	67	288	.256	.326	.386	.408	100	29.2	8.1	-2.5	180	0	6.4	-4.4	22.5	3.1
2008	CLR	A+	FSL	65	266	.257	.333	.382	.378	103	15.8	7.8	-2.6	159	0	3.7	0.0	12.7	2.2
2009	REA	AA	EAS	86	363	.260	.334	.380	.361	98	27.6	10.3	-3.9	162	0	1.4	2.3	23.5	3.5
2009	LEH	AAA	INT	30	128	.262	.331	.389	.302	104	5.2	3.7	-1	130	0	7.2	0.6	4.2	1.4
2010	SAC	AAA	PCL	127	523	.281	.354	.444	.328	92	0.4	16.5	-5	90	0	1.0	1.0	-4.8	0.8
2011	OAK	MLB	AL	11	35	.246	.317	.389	.278	93	0.2	0.9	-0.3	75	28	-0.2	0.1	-1.0	-0.1
2011	SAC	AAA	PCL	93	400	.286	.359	.452	.310	95	6.7	12.4	-3.9	107	0	3.3	0.9	4.9	1.7
2012	OAK	MLB	AL	6	21	.249	.322	.397	.273	88	-3.2	0.6	-0.2	58	13	0.6	0.4	-1.0	0.0
2012	SAC	AAA	PCL	120	543	.284	.348	.440	.349	96	28.6	16.1	-6.3	131	0	-12.5	3.6	21.8	2.2
2013	OAK	MLB	AL	9	25	.273	.330	.453	.056	94	-4.8	0.7	-0.2	74	11	-0.9	0.0	-0.7	-0.1
2013	SAC	AAA	PCL	112	481	.280	.348	.436	.313	96	20.5	13.8	-4.8	122	0	2.6	-0.2	7.0	1.9
2014	CHA	MLB	AL	11	33	.258	.313	.413	.368	102	-0.3	0.9	-0.2	79	12	1.3	-0.1	-0.7	0.1
2014	CHR	AAA	INT	64	254	.267	.337	.395	.365	116	7.7	7.6	-3	137	0	6.6	0.1	6.7	1.8
2014	SAC	AAA	PCL	59	258	.284	.354	.470	.293	88	6.4	7.7	-2.9	96	0	-2.8	-1.6	-2.1	-0.2

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2007	WPT	A-	NYP	261	233	30	53	14	0	6	85	33	23	53	8	2	.227	.301	.365	.137	1	1
2008	CLR	A+	FSL	266	243	36	80	27	1	9	136	38	19	46	5	6	.329	.383	.560	.230	0	0
2008	LWD	A	SAL	288	249	40	90	12	3	10	138	50	31	43	10	3	.361	.444	.554	.193	0	0
2009	LEH	AAA	INT	128	110	15	31	6	1	5	54	19	13	19	3	1	.282	.368	.491	.209	0	0
2009	REA	AA	EAS	363	318	59	106	22	4	15	181	65	35	51	18	4	.333	.411	.569	.236	0	0
2010	SAC	AAA	PCL	523	464	79	126	26	6	6	182	78	51	92	16	5	.272	.350	.392	.121	0	0
2011	OAK	MLB	AL	35	30	4	6	0	0	1	9	1	5	11	0	0	.200	.314	.300	.100	0	0
2011	SAC	AAA	PCL	400	349	51	95	16	0	16	159	64	46	80	14	5	.272	.360	.456	.183	2	0
2012	OAK	MLB	AL	21	21	2	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	0	0	.143	.143	.190	.048	0	0
2012	SAC	AAA	PCL	543	449	81	129	31	1	12	198	67	86	105	18	3	.287	.405	.441	.154	3	0
2013	OAK	MLB	AL	25	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	0	.043	.120	.043	.000	0	0
2013	SAC	AAA	PCL	481	420	54	118	25	1	18	199	85	50	88	5	2	.281	.360	.474	.193	6	0
2014	CHA	MLB	AL	33	28	3	7	1	0	0	8	0	5	9	0	0	.250	.364	.286	.036	0
2014	CHR	AAA	INT	254	219	41	67	18	2	6	107	38	29	50	1	0	.306	.386	.489	.183	4
2014	SAC	AAA	PCL	258	218	34	53	14	1	5	84	31	33	50	7	2	.243	.357	.385	.142	1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2011	151	0.5033	0.4371	0.6818	0.5395	0.3333	0.8293	0.4400	0.3182	-0.0011
2012	89	0.5056	0.5281	0.5745	0.6000	0.4545	0.6667	0.4500	0.4255	0.0032
2013	112	0.5000	0.4464	0.7800	0.5536	0.3393	0.8065	0.7368	0.2200	-0.0044
2014	138	0.4928	0.3986	0.7818	0.5294	0.2714	0.8611	0.6316	0.2182	0.0088
Career	490	0.5000	0.4449	0.7129	0.5509	0.3393	0.8035	0.5636	0.2871	0.0017

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-09-22	2014-09-22	DTD	0	Right	Knee	Soreness	Sliding - Bothered for a Week	-
2013-03-04	2013-03-15	Camp	11	-	Fingers	Laceration	Throwing Out Gum	-	-
2011-04-07	2011-05-13	Minors	36	Left	Wrist	Sprain		-	-
2010-05-14	2010-05-29	Minors	15	Left	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-
2009-08-22	2009-09-08	Minors	17	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2015	CHA	$
2014	OAK	$
2013	OAK	$
2012	OAK	$

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 91 d	Brodie Van Wagenen	1 year (2015)

Details

1 year (2015). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 12/23/14 (minor-league contract). Retired 3/15.
1 year/$0.5025M (2014). Re-signed by Oakland 3/14. DFA by Oakland 3/29/14. Sent outright to Triple-A by Oakland 4/3/14. Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from Oakland 6/14/14. Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 9/2/14. Sent outright to Triple-A by Chicago White Sox 10/24/14 (refused assignment).
1 year (2013). Re-signed by Oakland 3/13.
1 year (2012). Re-signed by Oakland 2/12.
1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Oakland 11/19/10. Re-signed by Oakland 3/11.
Acquired by Oakland in trade from Toronto 12/16/09 (in exchange for Brett Wallace).
Acquired by Toronto in trade from Philadelphia 12/16/09 (Roy Halladay deal).
Drafted by Philadelphia 2007 (5-173) (Stanford). $0.131M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2010-07-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think the A's will call up Michael Taylor any time soon? He had a poor first half and was hampered by injury. Has been on a nice little tear recently, though. Previous two seasons in the minors were excellent. I'd rather see him out there than Travis Buck.... (Clark Griswold from Inside a Christmas tree)	Kevin Goldstein knows far more than I do about the situation. Earlier this week, he said he'd be surprised if Taylor were up before September. I have nothing informative to add to that, except that with the A's seemingly out of it but now down Ryan Sweeney as well, it wouldn't hurt to take a bit of a longer look at him than September, with its distortions in terms of talent level, traditionally allows. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-07-29 16:30:00 (link to chat)	KG via twitter apparently blasting Wallace/Gose trade: "It's a gamble trade -- you want a guy who is pretty much big league ready but no more than average for his position, or take an upside risk?" and "Your so-called 'hitting machine' has a career .299/.357/.484 line at Triple-A in good hitting parks, and offers ZERO after the bat." (Jquinton82 from NY)	Interesting. I guess his value really has fallen more than I thought. So has Michael Taylor's though, so I'm not sure the Jays can really hate themselves too much for getting him in the first place. (Matt Swartz)
2010-04-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What kind of chances do you think Oakland has this year? They can't hit, but that pitching staff seems pretty impressive up and down, especially if Sheets starts over 20 games (Charlie from Bethesda, MD)	In that division they have more than a fair chance. It's going to be interesting to see how fast they can reload on that offense if some of the holdovers disappoint and they seem to be making a race of it. Will Chris Carter or Michael Taylor arrive in time to provide some relief? (Steven Goldman)
2010-03-24 11:00:00 (link to chat)	For fatnasy purposes, who would you rather have: Domonic Brown or Michael Taylor? (Connor from Chicago, IL)	Michael Taylor, definitely, because his path to the majors is much easier. I think Taylor is going to be at least an average hitter, like, next year. (Tommy Bennett)
2010-03-03 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Most rankings seem to have Michael Taylor and Brett Wallace very close, whereas you have them 24 spots apart. What differences between them do you see that others are missing? (mbring from St. Cloud, MN)	I haven't seen a lot of other rankings, I'm guess I have Wallace lower than most. He's a first baseman with on-base skills but not crazy power for the position, nor even the kind of power you need to star at the position. I just don't think he's a star there. (Kevin Goldstein)
2010-01-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	How do you feel, given the succession of events, about trading CarGo, Street, and Smith for Michael Taylor? (tommy from Fremont)	A lot better about it than I did trading CarGo and two years of Street for Brett Wallace. Either way, Greg Smith's what, a party favor? (Christina Kahrl)
2009-12-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Michael Taylor starting in a corner for the A's in April? Does that mean Ryan Sweeney's the CF and Rajai Davis is back to fourth OF? Or is that all too much to hope for? (Jason Wojciechowski from South Texas)	Hey Jason! If nothing else I'd expect the A's to game Taylor's service time by starting him in the minors, but I don't see why you couldn't play all three if they're your best outfielders. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-10-05 16:00:00 (link to chat)	How would you handle the Phils OF post-2009 with 3 all star outfielders and two premium prospects close to ready? (Jay from Philly)	Next year = same as this year. After next season, Werth will get a bigger deal somewhere else and Michael Taylor will slide in. After 2011, Ibanez will be gone and Dom Brown will slide in. All the while Victorino stays in all likelihood. At least that is how I am envisioning they have things drawn up. (Eric Seidman)
2009-07-15 14:00:00 (link to chat)	What's the ceiling on Daniel Descalso? Also, can you think of any other college bats that went from looking miserable to looking superb as Descalso has done? Its been quite the turn around. (cardsfan89 from St. Louis)	He could be a solid starter, I don't think he's a future stud or anything. Bats going from looking miserable to superb actually happens quite a bit, but it's always exciting. Look at Michael Taylor of the Phillies. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-07-15 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Michael Taylor....good major league outfielder or future all-star? (heeler from Peoria, IL)	I think at a minimum, he's somewhere in between that -- an above-average every day guy and occasional All-Star. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-07-15 14:00:00 (link to chat)	It seems to me that in prospects-for-veteran trades such as the one Ricciardi might be contemplating for Roy Halladay, teams look more for potential aces (Kyle Drabek) than potential all-star regulars (Michael Taylor). One, do you think this is an accurate observation, and two, do you think it's a wise philosophy? (Also: Zen Arcade ranks among humankind's greatest accomplishments.) (jeffstoned from (Brooklyn))	I do think that's accurate. When you hear people talk about Philly untouchables (even though it's all speculation) it's Drabek always, and even Knapp sometimes, but never Taylor. Aces are harder to find that All-Star outfielders, and I think that's the big difference. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-05-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Have you heard from any scouts about Dom Brown? His numbers look great, but have scouts backed them up by saying he's putting together his toolset? As a Phillies fan, I really hope they don't trade either him or Michael Taylor at the deadline this year. (Taco from Philly)	The tools were always there for a guy like Brown -- you should be excited about him as a PHillies fan. (Kevin Goldstein)

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