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Injury Shoulder
2025 Stats
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1-1
ERA
2.29
WHIP
1.17
K
16
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Walker gave the Phillies 31 starts with a 4.38 ERA in 2023, the first year of his four-year, $72 million deal, but the wheels fell off in 2024. He missed the first month of the season with a shoulder injury and later missed nearly two months with finger inflammation. When healthy, he struggled to a 7.10 ERA and 1.72 WHIP in 19 outings, four of which came out of the bullpen. His 5.5 K-BB% beat only James Paxton and Dakota Hudson among pitchers who threw at least 80 innings. It was such a poor showing that it wouldn't be a surprise if the Phillies released him this spring, eating the remainder of his contract. With Jesus Luzardo arriving in a trade and Andrew Painter set to return from Tommy John surgery early in the year, Walker is at best seventh on the starter depth chart and is fighting for a long-relief job this spring. Read Past Outlooks

Lifted with shoulder stiffness
Walker came away with a no-decision in Saturday's 11-10 win over the Marlins, allowing one run on one hit and three walks over four innings. He struck out two.
ANALYSIS
The Phillies gave the veteran right-hander more than enough run support, building a 7-1 lead by the end of the fourth inning, but Walker still got the hook after just 56 pitches (30 strikes) before he could qualify for the win. Per Bailey Digh of Phillies Nation, manager Rob Thomson indicated after the game that Walker's shoulder had stiffened up a bit between innings, prompting his removal as a precaution. Assuming he's good to go for his next turn in the rotation, Walker will take a 2.29 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 16:8 K:BB through 19.2 innings into a road clash with the Cubs next weekend.
The Phillies gave the veteran right-hander more than enough run support, building a 7-1 lead by the end of the fourth inning, but Walker still got the hook after just 56 pitches (30 strikes) before he could qualify for the win. Per Bailey Digh of Phillies Nation, manager Rob Thomson indicated after the game that Walker's shoulder had stiffened up a bit between innings, prompting his removal as a precaution. Assuming he's good to go for his next turn in the rotation, Walker will take a 2.29 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 16:8 K:BB through 19.2 innings into a road clash with the Cubs next weekend.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
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Last 10 Games
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Last 5 Games
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How many pitches does Taijuan Walker generally throw?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-14%
BAA vs LHP
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-51%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2023vs Left | .241 | 113 | 66 | 127 | 22 | |||
Since 2023vs Right | .281 | 99 | 50 | 150 | 24 | |||
2025vs Left | .135 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||
2025vs Right | .278 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||
2024vs Left | .294 | 27 | 20 | 48 | 10 | |||
2024vs Right | .337 | 31 | 17 | 59 | 14 | |||
2023vs Left | .226 | 75 | 40 | 74 | 12 | |||
2023vs Right | .252 | 63 | 31 | 81 | 8 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-27%
ERA at Home
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-100%
ERA on Road
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Since 2023Home | 4.32 | 1.34 | 152.0 | 7.3 | 4.0 | ||||
Since 2023Away | 5.95 | 1.53 | 124.0 | 6.4 | 3.5 | ||||
2025Home | 3.00 | 1.00 | 15.0 | 6.6 | 3.0 | ||||
2025Away | 0.00 | 1.71 | 4.2 | 9.6 | 5.8 | ||||
2024Home | 6.14 | 1.63 | 48.1 | 6.7 | 4.5 | ||||
2024Away | 8.41 | 1.84 | 35.1 | 5.6 | 3.3 | ||||
2023Home | 3.55 | 1.23 | 88.2 | 7.8 | 4.0 | ||||
2023Away | 5.25 | 1.39 | 84.0 | 6.5 | 3.4 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Taijuan Walker compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.00K/9
7.3BB/9
3.7HR/9
0.9Fastball
92.4 mphERA
2.29WHIP
1.17BABIP
.248GB/FB
1.25Left On Base
79.2%Exit Velocity
80.9 mphBarrels/BBE
3.8%Spin Rate
2129 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
21.8%Swinging Strike
9.0%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Walker signed a four-year, $72 million deal with the Phillies prior to last season, and while his passable 4.38 ERA across 31 starts may have helped the team eat enough innings to get into the playoffs, the fact that he wasn't trusted to throw a single postseason inning is telling. Walker was seemingly lucky to finish with his respectable ERA, as both his xFIP (4.83) and SIERA (4.97) indicated things could have been much worse. Pitchers who are worse than league average in both strikeout rate (18.8%) and walk rate (9.7%) don't tend to be very imposing unless they're elite at keeping the ball on the ground, and while Walker has been above-average in that area for most of his career, he's far from an outlier. Walker should get the ball every fifth day for a contender again in 2024, which has fantasy value in deeper leagues, but given that his numbers trended in the wrong direction as 2023 progressed, another step back seems more likely than another step forward.
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Coughs up six runs in loss
Walker (1-1) took the loss Monday against San Francisco, allowing six runs (four earned) on six hits and one walk over five innings. He struck out five.
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Unscored upon again Wednesday
Walker tossed 4.2 scoreless innings against Atlanta on Wednesday, allowing five hits and three walks while striking out five batters in a no-decision.
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Shines in season debut
Walker (1-0) earned the win Thursday against the Rockies, allowing three hits and a walk over six shutout innings. He struck out four.
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Nabs rotation spot
Manager Rob Thomson said Sunday that Walker will be included in Philadelphia's season-opening rotation, Matt Gelb of The Athletic reports.
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Could be next man up in rotation
Walker took the loss in Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Yankees after giving up six runs (three home runs) on nine hits and two walks with just one strikeout in 3.2 innings, but Corey Seidman of NBC Sports Philadelphia believes the right-hander could play a meaningful role to open the season.
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Will do weighted ball program
Walker will do a weighted-ball program over the offseason in hopes of increasing his velocity, Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
ANALYSIS
Walker averaged just 91.5 mph with his four-seamer and 91.1 mph with his sinker in 2024, which were both career-low marks. The right-hander collected an ugly 7.10 ERA over 83.2 regular-season innings and was demoted to the bullpen late in the season. Walker has two years and $36 million remaining on his contract with the Phillies but probably won't be guaranteed a rotation spot heading into the 2025 campaign.
Walker averaged just 91.5 mph with his four-seamer and 91.1 mph with his sinker in 2024, which were both career-low marks. The right-hander collected an ugly 7.10 ERA over 83.2 regular-season innings and was demoted to the bullpen late in the season. Walker has two years and $36 million remaining on his contract with the Phillies but probably won't be guaranteed a rotation spot heading into the 2025 campaign.