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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 23)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date8-17-1995
Height6' 3"
Weight220 lbs
Age28 years, 7 months, 11 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2015
2016
2017
2018
-1.32019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2013 PIR Rk GCL 8 7 21.0 0 2 0 7 9 13 0 98 3.0 3.9 0.0 5.6 0% .127 0.76 3.64 2.57 105 1.71 37.2
2014 KNG Rk APP 8 7 30.3 2 1 0 41 23 20 1 12.2 6.8 0.3 5.9 0% .377 2.11 5.02 5.34 0 0.00 0.0
2014 MTS Rk GCL 3 1 10.7 2 0 0 1 7 10 0 0.8 5.9 0.0 8.4 0% .042 0.75 3.86 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2015 BRO A- NYP 3 2 9.0 0 0 0 6 3 5 0 90 6.0 3.0 0.0 5.0 0% .231 1.00 3.40 1.00 107 3.54 77.6
2015 MTS Rk GCL 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 12.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .400 1.33 2.30 6.00 82 3.73 81.9
2016 KNG Rk APP 5 0 8.7 0 0 1 5 8 12 0 5.2 8.3 0.0 12.5 63% .263 1.50 3.65 4.15 103 3.51 77.5
2017 COL A SAL 18 17 85.7 1 9 0 83 49 72 6 92 8.7 5.1 0.6 7.6 50% .298 1.54 4.65 4.94 122 6.37 135.5
2018 SLU A+ FSL 17 16 75.7 1 8 0 72 45 72 4 94 8.6 5.4 0.5 8.6 50% .318 1.55 4.24 5.59 107 5.25 110.9
2018 LVG AAA PCL 2 2 11.0 2 0 0 11 9 11 0 109 9.0 7.4 0.0 9.0 72% .379 1.82 4.19 4.09 116 6.67 141.1
2019 SLU A+ FSL 21 0 27.3 2 2 7 24 12 29 1 7.9 4.0 0.3 9.5 67% .307 1.32 3.09 2.63 101 4.95 101.8
2019 BIN AA EAS 18 0 39.0 0 1 3 25 12 45 2 5.8 2.8 0.5 10.4 53% .240 0.95 2.60 1.85 89 3.31 68.0
2019 SYR AAA INT 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .000 0.00 3.62 0.00 96 4.29 88.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

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

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 HOU $830,000
2022 HOU $731,800
2021 HOU $599,100
2020 HOU $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$2,160,900
3 yrTotal$2,160,900

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 0 dSSG1 year/$830,000 (2023)

Details
  • 1 year/$830,000 (2023). Re-signed by Houston 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Houston 7/31/23. Released 8/4/23.
  • 1 year/$731,800 (2022). Re-signed by Houston 3/22.
  • 1 year/$599,100 (2021). Re-signed by Houston 3/21.
  • 1 year/$563,500 (2020). Contract selected by NY Mets 12/4/19. Acquired by Houston in trade from NY Mets 12/5/19. Re-signed by Houston 3/20.
  • Acquired by NY Mets in trade from Pittsburgh 6/15/14.
  • Drafted by Pittsburgh 2013 (2-51) (Dana Hills HS, Dana Point, Calif.). $750,000 signing bonus ($1,065,400 slot).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 12.4 0 0.4 25 16 90.0 69 64 84 10 .249 1.49 4.50 5.05 -17.6 -1.9
80o 10.7 0 0.3 23 15 82.4 69 64 77 10 .265 1.62 5.00 5.61 -20.9 -2.3
70o 9.5 0 0.3 21 14 77.1 68 64 72 10 .277 1.71 5.38 6.03 -22.9 -2.5
60o 8.6 0 0.2 20 13 72.7 68 63 68 10 .287 1.80 5.71 6.39 -24.3 -2.6
50o 7.7 0 0.2 19 12 68.7 67 62 64 10 .296 1.88 6.02 6.75 -25.5 -2.8
40o 6.9 0 0.2 18 12 64.8 66 62 61 10 .305 1.97 6.35 7.11 -26.5 -2.9
30o 6.1 0 0.2 17 11 60.8 65 61 57 9 .315 2.07 6.70 7.51 -27.4 -3.0
20o 5.2 0 0.2 16 10 56.2 64 59 53 9 .328 2.19 7.13 7.99 -28.1 -3.1
10o 4 0 0.1 14 9 50.0 61 57 47 9 .345 2.36 7.75 8.69 -28.6 -3.1
Weighted Mean7.700.2191268.166616410.2931.865.976.69-24.9-2.7

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Blake Taylor has thrown 2,465 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2020 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Slider (85mph). He also rarely throws a Sinker (92mph) and Change (89mph).