Josh Taylor

#38 - Relief Pitcher

Kansas City Royals

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	3/2/1993 (30)
Height, Weight	6'5", 245 lb
Hometown	Phoenix, AZ

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	0	17.2	8.15	1.75	31.3%	10.8%	30.8%

	116^th 1 Sv	199^th 18 IP	315^th 4.48 ERA	292^nd 1.39 WHIP	46^th 23.5% K%	209^th 10.2% BB%	123^rd 29.3% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	92.8	14.4%	31.3%	47.9%	5.19	5.42

	253^rd 93.5 FB MPH	89^th 12.3% SwStr%	280^th 25.1% HC%	129^th 45.7% GB%	92^nd 5.06 PLV	273^rd 4.41 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Show 2023 MLB Percentile | Show 2023 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2019	BOS	52	1	47.1	2	2	3.04	-	3.11	-	1.18	7.6	31.8%	8.7%	.321	-	-	0.95	-	80.4%	16.1%	29.1%	-
2020	BOS	8	0	7.1	1	1	9.82	5.90	7.41	5.49	1.64	8.6	19.4%	13.9%	.238	30.6%	43.5%	2.45	33.3%	49.0%	13.0%	26.7%	4.82
2021	BOS	61	0	47.2	1	0	3.40	3.67	2.84	3.93	1.43	8.5	28.7%	11.0%	.355	25.8%	45.5%	0.38	5.0%	77.7%	16.8%	30.8%	4.94
2023	KC	17	1	17.2	1	3	8.15	5.42	4.86	3.17	1.75	11.2	31.3%	10.8%	.409	31.3%	47.9%	2.04	30.8%	55.1%	14.4%	30.8%	5.19
RP MLB Percentile		49	100	41	39	3	9	21	29	82	15	14	86	39	5	18	62	11	7	9	73	64	72
RP MLB AVG		16	0	18.0	1	1	4.48	4.41	4.36	4.25	1.39	8.5	23.5%	10.2%	.294	25.1%	45.7%	-	13.5%	72.2%	12.3%	29.3%	5.06
4 Years		138	2	120.0	5	6	4.35	-	-	-	1.39	8.6	29.6%	10.3%	.342	22.2%	45.9%	0.97	22.0%	73.0%	15.9%	29.8%	5.00

Repertoire

Slider | 42%
Four-Seamer | 37%
Sinker | 12%
Curveball | 9%
Changeup | 0%
All Pitches

2019 2020 2021 2023 All

Show 2023 MLB Percentile | Show 2023 MLB Average

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	87.4	21.1%	-	-	21.6%	11.4%	33.0%	62.5%	56.8%	-	-	.238	.253	.360	-	-	-	-	-
2020	86.4	48.0%	30.2%	38.6%	15.7%	11.4%	27.1%	61.4%	57.1%	58.3%	16.7%	.188	.245	.250	0.0%	.188	.248	16.7%	2,280
2021	87.1	46.7%	40.3%	42.8%	26.8%	9.8%	36.6%	66.7%	61.8%	44.1%	35.6%	.175	.200	.305	0.0%	.184	.215	24.8%	2,270
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	85.2	42.2%	36.8%	34.0%	20.1%	5.6%	25.7%	59.7%	53.5%	25.0%	45.0%	.250	.364	.353	33.3%	.253	.407	22.0%	2,261
RP MLB Percentile	61	73	76	24	84	7	30	44	39	17	63	32	26	33	21	35	21	47	27
RP MLB AVG	84.1	32.5%	28.6%	40.5%	14.1%	15.3%	29.5%	59.5%	54.3%	41.0%	36.8%	.234	.294	.291	12.9%	.227	.291	21.6%	2,404

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.188	.248	.247	.255	16.7%	0.0%	25.0%	16.7%	83.4	84.0	0.4	2.3	3.0	2.4	5.7	7.0	2,280
2021	.184	.215	.315	.328	24.8%	6.8%	40.7%	22.0%	89.1	86.7	14.1	2.3	2.7	2.2	5.6	6.8	2,270
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	.253	.407	.290	.694	22.0%	25.0%	45.0%	22.0%	91.4	85.0	23.1	2.8	1.1	2.2	5.7	6.9	2,261
RP MLB Percentile	35	21	40	9	47	8	39	61	21	67	26	44	49	90	50	88	27
RP MLB AVG	.227	.291	.272	.358	21.6%	6.9%	39.9%	26.9%	86.7	86.6	15.2	3.9	1.1	-0.9	5.6	6.3	2,404

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	176	44	9	0	0	1	16	2	0	0	110	66	.238	.310	.253
2020	70	18	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	43	27	.188	.250	.245
2021	369	109	13	5	0	0	44	6	0	2	246	123	.175	.223	.200
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	144	41	4	2	0	3	17	4	0	1	86	58	.250	.556	.364
RP MLB Percentile	80	84	18	8	5	1	90	6	19	7	78	15	32	21	26
RP MLB AVG	84	21	3	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	52	32	.234	.387	.294

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	58.3%	25.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	41.7%	41.7%	16.7%	17.1%	0.0%	58.3%	16.7%	16.7%	8.3%	25.0%
2021	44.1%	20.3%	35.6%	13.6%	0.0%	52.5%	27.1%	20.3%	14.1%	5.1%	33.9%	20.3%	25.4%	8.5%	37.3%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	25.0%	30.0%	45.0%	15.0%	33.3%	70.0%	15.0%	15.0%	20.1%	0.0%	20.0%	35.0%	15.0%	5.0%	45.0%
RP MLB Percentile	17	29	63	69	21	85	15	35	87	0	29	65	72	42	30
RP MLB AVG	41.0%	22.2%	36.8%	10.8%	12.9%	47.1%	31.9%	21.0%	14.2%	4.7%	29.6%	29.0%	23.9%	5.9%	35.9%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2019	-	-	-	-	.238	.253	.360	.385	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	16.7%	0.0%	25.0%	16.7%	.188	.245	.250	.250	.188	.248	.247	.255	83.4	84.0	0.4
2021	24.8%	6.8%	40.7%	22.0%	.175	.200	.305	.305	.184	.215	.315	.328	89.1	86.7	14.1
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	22.0%	25.0%	45.0%	22.0%	.250	.364	.353	.450	.253	.407	.290	.694	91.4	85.0	23.1
RP MLB Percentile	47	8	39	61	32	26	33	23	35	21	40	9	21	67	26
RP MLB AVG	21.6%	6.9%	39.9%	26.9%	.234	.294	.291	.320	.227	.291	.272	.358	86.7	86.6	15.2

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2019	-	-	21.6%	11.4%	33.0%	62.5%	56.8%	42.2%	51.1%	57.8%	-	-	15.4%	-	73.7%	55.3%
2020	30.2%	38.6%	15.7%	11.4%	27.1%	61.4%	57.1%	31.4%	50.0%	68.6%	61.5%	72.7%	13.9%	34.6%	60.0%	60.0%
2021	40.3%	42.8%	26.8%	9.8%	36.6%	66.7%	61.8%	47.1%	56.9%	52.9%	25.9%	71.2%	13.0%	31.9%	59.2%	47.4%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	36.8%	34.0%	20.1%	5.6%	25.7%	59.7%	53.5%	37.2%	54.2%	62.8%	40.0%	81.4%	9.8%	27.4%	65.0%	55.0%
RP MLB Percentile	76	24	84	7	30	44	39	63	87	63	62	54	11	49	66	63
RP MLB AVG	28.6%	40.5%	14.1%	15.3%	29.5%	59.5%	54.3%	31.7%	44.2%	68.3%	47.3%	82.5%	21.4%	27.9%	56.4%	48.8%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	51.7%	8.0%	40.3%	-	15.4%	22.5%
2020	22.9%	28.6%	48.6%	10.0%	14.3%	75.7%	5.7%	30.0%	41.4%	51.4%	11.4%	37.1%	38.6%	13.9%	15.4%
2021	17.6%	24.7%	57.7%	10.0%	21.4%	68.6%	7.0%	34.4%	40.9%	52.3%	10.3%	37.4%	42.8%	15.5%	31.9%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	14.6%	22.9%	62.5%	8.3%	10.4%	81.3%	5.6%	38.9%	38.2%	42.4%	6.9%	50.7%	34.0%	14.8%	23.3%
RP MLB Percentile	30	55	66	19	7	94	48	92	11	4	48	94	24	67	60
RP MLB AVG	20.3%	22.3%	57.4%	17.5%	21.8%	60.7%	5.9%	25.3%	52.4%	59.1%	7.4%	33.5%	40.5%	12.4%	19.7%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2019	176	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	70	5.13	338	51.5%	12.1%	36.4%	15.2%	2.5	4.79	+3
2021	369	5.09	1,832	43.9%	18.9%	37.2%	6.7%	-7.2	4.02	-1
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	144	5.38	774	52.8%	18.8%	28.5%	24.3%	6.3	3.03	+3
RP MLB Percentile	80	62	81	66	37	59	59	2	-	17
RP MLB AVG	84	5.22	444	48.3%	22.5%	29.2%	19.1%	0.7	-	+1

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	94.7	22.1%	-	-	10.8%	14.6%	25.4%	62.7%	56.2%	-	-	.333	.408	.417	-	-	-	-	-
2020	93.6	43.2%	21.9%	49.2%	9.5%	14.3%	23.8%	60.3%	54.0%	30.0%	40.0%	.333	.534	.250	50.0%	.309	.512	57.1%	2,248
2021	94.6	37.0%	26.0%	47.4%	9.9%	15.4%	25.3%	62.1%	54.9%	42.6%	29.8%	.339	.414	.422	14.3%	.306	.402	27.3%	2,248
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	92.8	37.0%	24.1%	54.0%	10.3%	24.6%	34.9%	67.5%	61.1%	52.9%	17.6%	.381	.412	.471	0.0%	.285	.339	40.0%	2,139
RP MLB Percentile	26	38	44	72	52	87	85	69	64	85	13	20	31	17	60	36	53	17	23
RP MLB AVG	92.9	42.4%	25.6%	48.7%	10.2%	17.6%	27.8%	63.8%	58.1%	36.5%	39.0%	.259	.353	.297	15.3%	.263	.363	29.3%	2,228

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.309	.512	.233	.578	57.1%	20.0%	70.0%	50.0%	97.8	92.1	23.1	3.5	9.8	2.2	5.7	7.0	2,248
2021	.306	.402	.369	.436	27.3%	12.8%	51.1%	31.2%	87.6	83.7	13.7	2.9	9.3	2.1	5.6	6.8	2,248
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	.285	.339	.337	.375	40.0%	5.9%	35.3%	24.0%	90.7	77.1	8.1	1.2	8.1	2.1	5.7	6.9	2,139
RP MLB Percentile	36	53	33	55	17	58	73	66	54	95	83	2	20	91	42	84	23
RP MLB AVG	.263	.363	.299	.410	29.3%	10.3%	45.0%	29.1%	90.9	89.2	17.1	5.0	9.1	-0.8	5.7	6.4	2,228

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	185	42	9	1	0	2	10	4	2	0	116	69	.333	.528	.408
2020	63	14	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	38	25	.333	.917	.534
2021	293	77	17	2	0	2	15	13