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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
8.0	4.67	1.62	7	0	0	0	0.0

Birth Date	3-2-1993
Height	6' 5"
Weight	245 lbs

Age	31 years, 1 months, 21 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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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
2019	BOS	MLB	52	1	47.3	2	2	0	40	16	62	5	107	7.6	3.0	1.0	11.8	46%	.321	1.18	3.14	3.04	85	3.94	80.8	0.7
Career		MLB	52	1	47.3	2	2	0	40	16	62	5	107	7.6	3.0	1.0	11.8	46%	.321	1.18	3.14	3.04	85	3.94	80.8	0.7

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-
2014	PHL	Rk	GCL	3	0	9.3	2	0	0	5	4	13	0		4.8	3.9	0.0	12.5	0%	.263	0.96	1.98	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2015	KNC	A	MID	11	11	59.0	4	3	0	73	20	53	2	106	11.1	3.1	0.3	8.1	0%	.390	1.58	3.10	3.20	94	5.78	126.8
2015	LWD	A	SAL	13	13	68.3	4	5	0	71	24	70	6	91	9.4	3.2	0.8	9.2	0%	.332	1.39	3.67	4.61	95	4.82	105.8
2016	VIS	A+	CAL	15	13	78.0	2	7	0	105	24	77	7	94	12.1	2.8	0.8	8.9	57%	.414	1.65	3.97	5.65	92	6.86	151.5
2016	MOB	AA	SOU	11	11	54.7	3	4	0	63	18	46	4	100	10.4	3.0	0.7	7.6	58%	.349	1.48	3.62	4.94	102	5.36	118.4
2016	SRR	Wnt	AFL	6	6	22.7	1	0	0	21	5	20	2		8.3	2.0	0.8	7.9	0%	.288	1.15	4.21	3.57	0	0.00	0.0
2017	WTN	AA	SOU	33	14	97.0	4	7	1	115	46	91	7	105	10.7	4.3	0.6	8.4	50%	.371	1.66	3.63	5.01	105	7.15	152.2
2017	DIA	Rk	AZL	1	0	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	50%	.000	0.00	2.22	0.00	94	3.52	74.8
2018	VIS	A+	CAL	14	0	16.0	1	2	5	16	5	20	1		9.0	2.8	0.6	11.3	45%	.366	1.31	3.00	2.81	86	4.36	92.3
2018	PME	AA	EAS	33	0	35.7	2	5	8	42	18	37	1		10.6	4.5	0.3	9.3	54%	.376	1.68	3.54	3.79	90	6.09	128.8
2018	PAW	AAA	INT	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0		4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5	75%	.250	0.50	0.33	0.00	77	3.28	69.3
2018	MSS	Wnt	AFL	10	1	13.3	0	1	0	18	2	17	1	109	12.2	1.4	0.7	11.5	63%	.353	1.50	2.86	6.08	0	0.00	0.0
2019	BOS	MLB	AL	52	1	47.3	2	2	0	40	16	62	5	107	7.6	3.0	1.0	11.8	46%	.321	1.18	3.14	3.04	85	3.94	80.8
2019	PAW	AAA	INT	20	0	23.3	1	1	3	18	11	32	2		6.9	4.2	0.8	12.3	53%	.314	1.24	3.54	2.70	78	2.94	60.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2019	838	0.4236	0.4905	0.6691	0.7127	0.3271	0.7905	0.4747	0.3309
Career	838	0.4236	0.4905	0.6691	0.7127	0.3271	0.7905	0.4747	0.3309

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
2024	KCA	$1,100,000
2023	KCA	$1,025,000
2022	BOS	$1,025,000
2021	BOS	$580,500
2020	BOS	$577,000
2019	BOS	$

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$3,207,500
2019	Current	$1,100,000
5 yr	Pvs + Cur	$4,307,500
5 yr	Total	$4,307,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 118 d		1 year/$1.1M (2024)

Details

1 year/$1.1M (2024). Re-signed by Kansas City 11/17/23 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.025M (2023). Re-signed by Boston 1/12/23 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Kansas City in trade by Boston 1/24/23.
1 year/$1.025M (2022). Re-signed by Boston 3/22/22 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$580,500 (2021). Re-signed by Boston 3/21.
1 year/$577,000 (2020). Re-signed by Boston 3/20.
1 year (2019). Contract selected by Boston 11/20/18. Re-signed by Boston 3/19.
Acquired by Boston in trade from Arizona 5/15/18.
Acquired by Arizona in trade from Philadelphia 7/5/15.
Signed by Philadelphia 8/12/14 as an amateur free agent (Georgia College & State). $50,000 signing bonus.

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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	13	5	14	1	.290	1.28	3.14	3.41	0.0
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.2	9	4	9	1	.305	1.37	3.51	3.81	0.0
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.8	6	3	5	1	.316	1.45	3.78	4.1	0.0
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	3	1	3	0	.326	1.51	4.02	4.36	0.0
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.334	1.57	4.24	4.6	-0.1
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.

Year	Age	W	L	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	H/9	BB/9	K/9	HR/9	WARP
2020	27	1	0	27	28	32	15	27	3	48	.335	1.66	4.73	4.98	10.2	4.8	8.6	1.0	0.0
2021	28	2	1	38	41	43	20	39	5	48	.325	1.55	4.54	4.78	9.5	4.4	8.6	1.1	0.1
2022	29	2	1	37	39	41	19	37	5	48	.324	1.54	4.56	4.81	9.5	4.4	8.5	1.2	0.1
2023	30	2	1	32	34	36	17	33	4	48	.323	1.56	4.52	4.76	9.5	4.5	8.7	1.1	0.1
2024	31	2	1	34	36	38	18	35	4	48	.321	1.54	4.59	4.84	9.4	4.5	8.7	1.0	0.1
2025	32	1	1	30	31	33	15	30	4	48	.321	1.53	4.62	4.87	9.5	4.3	8.6	1.1	0.1
2026	33	1	1	27	29	30	14	28	4	48	.320	1.52	4.58	4.83	9.3	4.3	8.7	1.2	0.1
2027	34	1	0	27	29	30	14	27	3	48	.319	1.53	4.60	4.85	9.4	4.4	8.5	0.9	0.1
2028	35	1	0	25	26	28	13	25	3	48	.320	1.56	4.60	4.85	9.6	4.4	8.5	1.0	0.1

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 84)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend
1	94	Jed Bradley	2016	6.43
2	92	Cory VanAllen	2011	0.00	DNP
3	92	Michael Tarsi	2013	0.00	DNP
4	92	Jonathan Cornelius	2014	0.00	DNP
5	91	Shawn Haviland	2012	0.00	DNP
6	90	Miles Nordgren	2018	0.00	DNP
7	89	Nicholas Haughian	2013	0.00	DNP
8	88	Curtis Partch	2013	6.17
9	88	Pete Ruiz	2014	0.00	DNP
10	88	Marty Popham	2014	0.00	DNP
11	88	Patrick McAnaney	2012	0.00	DNP
12	88	Chris Fetter	2012	0.00	DNP
13	87	Jose Rosario	2017	0.00	DNP
14	87	Jeff Icenogle	2010	0.00	DNP
15	87	Matt Wickswat	2013	0.00	DNP
16	87	Scott Copeland	2014	0.00	DNP
17	86	Sean Bierman	2015	0.00	DNP
18	86	Ramon Garcia	2011	0.00	DNP
19	86	Brandon Mann	2010	0.00	DNP
20	86	Carlos Fisher	2009	4.30
21	85	Tyler Robertson	2014	0.00	DNP
22	85	Pedro Liriano	2007	0.00	DNP
23	85	Sean Gleason	2012	0.00	DNP
24	85	Ryan Ketchner	2008	0.00	DNP
25	85	Thomas Dorminy	2018	0.00	DNP
26	85	Camilo Vazquez	2010	0.00	DNP
27	85	Jason Stephens	2011	0.00	DNP
28	85	Alan Horne	2009	0.00	DNP
29	85	Brandon Dickson	2011	3.24
30	84	Ryan Carpenter	2017	0.00	DNP
31	84	Matthew Long	2010	0.00	DNP
32	84	Keith Weiser	2011	0.00	DNP
33	84	Chris Kirkland	2012	0.00	DNP
34	84	Jonathan Joseph	2014	0.00	DNP
35	84	Jeffrey Lorick	2014	0.00	DNP
36	84	Max Duval	2017	0.00	DNP
37	83	Jon Switzer	2006	5.08
38	83	Nathan Starner	2010	0.00	DNP
39	83	Ryan Pope	2012	0.00	DNP
40	83	Alberto Bastardo	2010	0.00	DNP
41	83	Joe Cuda	2016	0.00	DNP
42	83	Deolis Guerra	2015	6.48
43	83	Kurt Birkins	2007	8.13
44	83	Brandon Brennan	2018	0.00	DNP
45	83	Scott Hodsdon	2011	0.00	DNP
46	83	Austin Fleet	2013	0.00	DNP
47	83	Austin Ross	2015	0.00	DNP
48	83	Andy Graham	2010	0.00	DNP
49	83	Nathan Nery	2012	0.00	DNP
50	83	James Fuller	2013	0.00	DNP
51	83	Michael Crotta	2011	9.28
52	83	Jon Hesketh	2012	0.00	DNP
53	83	Heath Phillips	2008	0.00	DNP
54	83	Matt Ridings	2014	0.00	DNP
55	83	J.R. Mathes	2008	0.00	DNP
56	83	Eric Arnett	2014	0.00	DNP
57	82	Chris Mason	2011	0.00	DNP
58	82	Jared Wesson	2012	0.00	DNP
59	82	Will Savage	2011	0.00	DNP
60	82	Ethan Hollingsworth	2013	0.00	DNP
61	82	Tyler Olson	2016	6.75
62	82	Miguel Pinango	2009	0.00	DNP
63	82	Aaron Shafer	2013	0.00	DNP
64	82	Joe Martinez	2009	8.10
65	82	James Dykstra	2017	0.00	DNP
66	82	Caleb Cotham	2014	0.00	DNP
67	82	Nic Ungs	2006	0.00	DNP
68	82	David Pauley	2009	0.00	DNP
69	82	Cole Sulser	2016	0.00	DNP
70	82	Andres Avila	2016	0.00	DNP
71	82	Pedro Hernandez	2015	0.00	DNP
72	82	Michael Lee	2013	0.00	DNP
73	82	Paul Burnside	2013	0.00	DNP
74	82	Brandon Moore	2012	0.00	DNP
75	82	Robert Fish	2014	0.00	DNP
76	82	Jeffrey Kaplan	2012	0.00	DNP
77	82	Matt Buschmann	2010	0.00	DNP
78	82	Tyson Brummett	2011	0.00	DNP
79	82	Ryan Searle	2015	0.00	DNP
80	81	Ryan Demmin	2014	0.00	DNP
81	81	Cole DeVries	2011	0.00	DNP
82	81	Andrew Barbosa	2014	0.00	DNP
83	81	Elvys Quezada	2008	0.00	DNP
84	81	Ricky Brooks	2011	0.00	DNP
85	81	Nestor Molina	2015	0.00	DNP
86	81	Trevor Holder	2013	0.00	DNP
87	81	Erik Arnesen	2010	0.00	DNP
88	81	Luis Gonzalez	2018	0.00	DNP
89	81	Noel Castillo	2010	0.00	DNP
90	81	Kolton Mahoney	2018	0.00	DNP
91	81	Eric Beaulac	2013	0.00	DNP
92	81	Bryan Evans	2013	0.00	DNP
93	81	Aaron Breit	2012	0.00	DNP
94	81	Derek Miller	2008	0.00	DNP
95	81	Kent Emanuel	2018	0.00	DNP
96	81	Abe Alvarez	2009	0.00	DNP
97	81	Alex Wimmers	2015	0.00	DNP
98	81	Drake Britton	2015	0.00	DNP
99	81	Matthew Neil	2013	0.00	DNP
100	81	Adam Howard	2010	0.00	DNP

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2019		Due to publishing agreements, the 2019 player comments and team essays are only available in the Baseball Prospectus 2019 book (available in hardcopy, and soon e-book and Kindle).

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Josh Taylor has thrown 2,263 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (92mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (92mph), Slider (85mph) and Curve (78mph).