Tyrone Taylor

Tyrone Taylor

30-Year-Old OutfielderOF
New York Mets
Out
Injury Elbow
Est. Return 2/1/2025
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Taylor missed the first month of last season with a right elbow sprain and another six weeks around midseason with the same injury. He did finish strong after returning from the latter IL trip, slashing .283/.327/.573 with eight homers and three steals over his final 45 contests. The season in totality was a step down as Taylor posted a career-low 91 OPS+, although going 9-for-9 in stolen base attempts over the equivalent of a half season was a notable uptick. Taylor was shipped to the Mets in a trade over the offseason and will be in the mix for starts in left field and also in right field when the inevitable Starling Marte injury occurs. Even if the at-bats are there, the 30-year-old is best left for deep leagues. Read Past Outlooks
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#407
ADP
$Signed a one-year, $2.03 million contract with the Mets in January of 2024.
Out two months after dual surgeries
OFNew York Mets
Elbow
November 8, 2024
Taylor will be sidelined two months following hernia surgery Oct. 30 and surgery Thursday to remove a loose body from his right elbow.
ANALYSIS
It's unclear when Taylor suffered the injuries. While the rehab will interrupt his offseason workout routine, Taylor should be ready to go for the start of spring training. The 30-year-old tentatively appears in line to start in center field for the Mets next season, although that could certainly change based on the team's offseason additions.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
3
15
12
7
9
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
1
4
6
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7
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
Even Split
2024
 
 
+1%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+3%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+2%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .715 324 39 10 34 8 .236 .290 .425
Since 2022vs Right .715 669 93 24 87 15 .240 .284 .431
2024vs Left .698 111 13 2 6 3 .245 .306 .392
2024vs Right .702 234 34 5 29 8 .249 .296 .406
2023vs Left .728 81 9 3 14 3 .241 .259 .468
2023vs Right .706 162 27 7 21 6 .230 .272 .434
2022vs Left .720 132 17 5 14 2 .225 .295 .425
2022vs Right .733 273 32 12 37 1 .237 .282 .451
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+17%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+5%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+31%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+19%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .774 485 65 18 65 14 .258 .314 .460
Since 2022Away .660 508 67 16 56 9 .220 .260 .400
2024Home .717 175 19 2 17 8 .269 .339 .378
2024Away .682 170 28 5 18 3 .227 .259 .423
2023Home .815 116 20 5 21 5 .270 .302 .514
2023Away .620 127 16 5 14 4 .200 .236 .383
2022Home .796 194 26 11 27 1 .240 .299 .497
2022Away .667 211 23 6 24 2 .227 .275 .392
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Stat Review
How does Tyrone Taylor compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. 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 and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.24
 
BB Rate
5.5%
 
K Rate
23.2%
 
BABIP
.309
 
ISO
.154
 
AVG
.248
 
OBP
.299
 
SLG
.401
 
OPS
.701
 
wOBA
.307
 
Exit Velocity
87.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
31.4%
 
Barrels/PA
4.9%
 
Expected BA
.249
 
Expected SLG
.389
 
Sprint Speed
25.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
38.0%
 
Line Drive %
21.5%
 
Fly Ball %
40.5%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Fellow outfielder Lorenzo Cain retired midway through last season, and Taylor wound up starting nearly three times as many games in center field as anyone else on the roster. He was rather streaky at the plate, but he figured out Miller Park for the first time in his career and wound up with a respectable 42 extra-base hits. It's not guaranteed that he remains the Brewers' primary center fielder, but he is sound enough at that position to play both there and in the corner spots, and he is capable enough against both lefties and righties to earn around 400 PA like he did last season. If that turns out to be the case, he could provide enough power to overcome concerns about his OBP.
Taylor is finally getting a shot in his late-20s and he didn't disappoint last season. Prorating can be dangerous, but if you double his 12 homers and six steals with a .247 average in 271 plate appearances, he would have ended up with stats similar to Chris Taylor last season (20 HR, 13 SB, .254 AVG). He has a useful profile in fantasy and real life with no obvious weaknesses. The only question surrounding Taylor is how much he will play this season. The playing time situation is a little more open up with Avisail Garcia signing with Miami, Jackie Bradley going back to Boston and the possibility of the DH in the National League. He wasn't playing all the time last season between trips to the minors and spending time as a bench bat. He's someone to closely monitor in spring training to see if he lands a full-time role.
Despite spending time in the majors each of the past two years, Taylor will retain rookie status into 2021 as he has thus far logged only 53 plate appearances. Over that span, the outfielder has slashed .271/.340/.521 with a pair of home runs and six doubles among his 13 hits. Taylor has demonstrated solid contact and strikeout rates throughout his time in the minors but didn't show much power until 2018, when he used a revamped swing to tally 20 homers at Triple-A. He followed that by belting 14 long balls (in over 100 fewer at-bats) the next season, leading to his first big-league callup. Taylor has used his above-average speed to swipe 89 bases in the minors, though his single-season numbers have never been gaudy. He projects to be a solid-but-unspectacular offensive contributor, in the vein of a fourth outfielder. He's likely to open 2021 in that role with Milwaukee otherwise set at the position.
With multiple players ahead of him on the organizational depth chart, Taylor returned to Triple-A to start the 2019 season after posting solid numbers at that level in 2018. The outfielder scuffled out of the gates, hitting .236 with a .720 OPS and 28.7 K% in 44 games before going down with a wrist injury at the end of May. Taylor returned one month later and turned things around, slashing .294/.369/.480 with a 17.6 K% over his final 48 games. While his strong finish to the minor-league season also played a role, injuries to Milwaukee's outfield ultimately paved the way for the 2012 second-round pick to make his major-league debut in September. Taylor saw limited opportunities down the stretch, appearing in 15 games and going 4-for-10 with a pair of doubles. The Brewers' outfield looks set in 2020 with the addition of Avisail Garcia, leaving Taylor to serve as depth.
Taylor emerged as a top prospect in the Brewers' organization a couple years ago, but wasn't able to put up top-prospect numbers in 2015. In his first full season with Double-A Biloxi, the 21-year-old slashed a meager .260/.312/.337, a step back from the .727 OPS he posted in 2014 with High-A Brevard County. He maintained a contact rate of 88 percent, but also saw a decrease in his walk rate and an increase in his strikeout rate. Taylor is still young, so he still has time to develop into an everyday outfielder for the Brewers, especially if he can continue to consistently make contact.
Taylor put together another quality season with the bat in 2014, tallying 45 extra-base hits and striking out just 58 times in 135 games. He also showed improvement as a base runner, and was thrown out just six times in 29 attempts. Taylor went 1-for-13 in a brief appearance with Double-A Huntsville last year but he will likely be the starting center fielder there in 2015. He is one of the top, if not the top, prospect in the Brewers’ system and is well on his way to reaching the big leagues sometime in 2016 or 2017.
While Taylor’s power faded down the stretch last season, he provided a glimpse at his upside by posting a respectable .738 OPS and stealing 19 bases -- while primarily playing center field -- in his age-19 season. Taylor has speed and athleticism, so there is a good chance he could handle center field long term. Taylor’s age may keep him at the Low-A level to start 2014, but a fast start could earn him a ticket to High-A in short order.
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Out of Game 4 lineup
OFNew York Mets
October 17, 2024
Taylor is not in the lineup Thursday for Game 4 of the NLCS against the Dodgers.
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Not starting Sunday in Game 2
OFNew York Mets
October 6, 2024
Taylor is out of the lineup Sunday for Game 2 of the NLDS against the Phillies.
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Getting breather
OFNew York Mets
September 28, 2024
Taylor isn't in the Mets' lineup for Saturday's game against the Brewers, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.
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Taking on regular role
OFNew York Mets
September 22, 2024
Taylor will start in center field and bat eighth in Sunday's game against the Phillies.
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Lifts homer
OFNew York Mets
September 15, 2024
Taylor went 1-for-3 with a solo home run during Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Phillies.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
More playing time likely
OFNew York Mets
June 25, 2024
Taylor is likely to see increased playing time in right field after Starling Marte was diagnosed with bone inflammation in his right knee Monday, per Will Sammon of The Athletic.
ANALYSIS
Taylor has just six starts in June and has been on the bench for the Mets' past five games, but Marte's injury will open a near everyday spot in the lineup. DJ Stewart has received more run as New York's fourth outfielder of late, and his left-handed bat could fill the strong side of a platoon in right field while the righty-hitting Taylor fills the weak side.
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