Taylor

Clarke

PAge : 33Throws : R

#45

Taylor Clarke

#45PArizona Diamondbacks

Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 95 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2019-04-20

Born in : Ashburn, VA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Arizona Diamondbacks	71	2	4	2.96	73.0	45	1.00
2025	Kansas City Royals	51	1	1	3.25	55.1	44	0.85
2023	Kansas City Royals	58	3	6	5.95	59.0	65	1.61
2022	Kansas City Royals	47	3	1	4.04	49.0	48	1.18
2021	Arizona Diamondbacks	43	1	3	4.98	43.1	39	1.52
2020	Arizona Diamondbacks	12	3	0	4.36	43.1	40	1.29
2019	Arizona Diamondbacks	23	5	5	5.31	84.2	68	1.37
Career totals		305	18	20	4.42	407.2	349	1.25

ContractArizona Diamondbacks payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.6 M$
AAV: 1.55 M$

2026
1.55 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

2.96

FIP

3.85

xFIP

4.28

ERA-

WHIP

1.00

15.6 %

BB%

4.9 %

Strikeouts

Innings

73.0

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.4

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

0.5

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

Trend

→ Stable (0)

20220.7 WAR · 0.9 per full season
2023-0.2 WAR · -0.2 per full season
20250.4 WAR · 0.5 per full season
20260.5 WAR · 0.4 per full season

Outlook, age included

-15 · 33 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines

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

Depth

VEL: Velocity; 74
STF: Stuff; 65
CTL: Control; 95
CNT: Contact allowed; 66
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 86
EX: Experience; 75

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

0.5

#95 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

40 / 100

#157 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

54 / 100

Surplus $3.3M · salary $1.6M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention51

Stuff12

Command98

Contact allowed34

Velocity44

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 3.85 · RA9-WAR: 1.1

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

94.5 mi/h

44th percentile

15.6 %

6th percentile

BB%

4.9 %

96th percentile

xERA

4.42

27th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.322

27th percentile

Barrels allowed

8.9 %

21th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	AZ	0.5	40	69	94.5	15.6	4.9	4.42	.322
2025	KC	0.4	68	78	94.8	21.4	4.4	3.66	.298
2023	KC	-0.2	17	73	94.8	24.4	9.0	5.10	.344
2022	KC	0.7	76	80	95.6	23.6	3.9	3.08	.277
2021	AZ	0.5	40	71	95.5	20.1	7.2	4.42	.322

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 26	@ SD	0.2	3	1	0	0	2.96
Sep 24	@ COL	1.0	4	2	0	1	2.86
Sep 20	vs NYY	1.0	2	0	0	1	2.65
Sep 18	vs NYY	0.2	1	0	0	0	2.69
Sep 15	vs MIA	1.0	1	2	2	1	2.71
Sep 13	vs TEX	1.2	2	1	0	2	2.49
Sep 11	vs TEX	1.0	1	0	0	0	2.42
Sep 7	@ KC	2.0	1	0	0	2	2.45
Sep 2	vs PHI	1.2	0	0	1	1	2.53
Sep 1	vs PHI	1.0	0	0	0	2	2.60