Taj

Bradley

PAge : 25Throws : R

#26

Taj Bradley

#26PMinnesota Twins

Height : 6' 2" · Weight : 100 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2023-04-12

Born in : Los Angeles, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Minnesota Twins	31	12	6	3.73	178.1	205	1.22
2025		27	6	8	5.05	142.2	127	1.31
2025	Minnesota Twins	6	0	2	6.61	31.1	32	1.40
2025	Tampa Bay Rays	21	6	6	4.61	111.1	95	1.28
2024	Tampa Bay Rays	25	8	11	4.11	138.0	154	1.22
2023	Tampa Bay Rays	23	5	8	5.59	104.2	129	1.39
Career totals		106	31	33	4.50	563.2	615	1.28

ContractMinnesota Twins payroll →

Type: Pre-Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.8 M$
AAV: 0.80 M$

2026
0.80 M$
Pre-arb
2027
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Arb 1
2028
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Arb 2
2029
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Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026Starting pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

3.73

FIP

3.82

xFIP

3.80

ERA-

WHIP

1.22

27.4 %

BB%

10.2 %

Strikeouts

205

Innings

178.3

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

2.5

Strikeouts

185

2026 WAR

2.8

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (+5)

20230.8 WAR · 1.4 per full season
20241.5 WAR · 2.0 per full season
20251.7 WAR · 2.1 per full season
20262.8 WAR · 2.8 per full season

Outlook, age included

+30 · 25 y.o. · usually still improving

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Established regular

VEL: Velocity; 87
STF: Stuff; 81
CTL: Control; 63
CNT: Contact allowed; 67
STA: Stamina; 80
DUR: Durability; 86
EX: Experience; 55

Why these ratings?

VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
CTL — Control : Walks avoided
CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

2.8

#35 of 166 regular starters

PAL Rating

73 / 100

#45 of 166 regular starters

Value Rating

82 / 100

Surplus $26.6M · salary $0.8M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention73

Stuff82

Command16

Contact allowed18

Velocity92

Workload82

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 3.82 · RA9-WAR: 3.9

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Fastball

97.2 mi/h

92th percentile

27.4 %

86th percentile

BB%

10.2 %

17th percentile

xERA

3.98

64th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.307

64th percentile

Barrels allowed

9.1 %

25th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	MIN	2.8	73	78	97.2	27.4	10.2	3.98	.307
2025	MIN	1.7	38	75	96.2	21.0	9.3	4.10	.314
2024	TB	1.5	60	75	96.4	26.6	8.1	4.14	.318
2023	TB	0.8	41	71	96.1	28.0	8.5	4.42	.323

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 22	@ SF	6.0	3	1	3	6	3.73
Sep 17	@ LAA	7.0	5	3	1	9	3.81
Sep 11	vs CLE	6.0	1	0	4	6	3.81
Sep 5	@ CWS	5.0	4	4	2	6	3.95
Aug 31	vs DET	7.0	4	1	3	9	3.85
Aug 25	@ ATH	6.2	7	4	1	11	3.97
Aug 19	vs ATL	5.0	2	1	3	7	3.90
Aug 13	vs PHI	4.0	7	5	4	3	3.98
Aug 8	@ MIL	5.0	5	3	2	7	3.76
Aug 2	@ SEA	6.0	7	3	4	2	3.69