Taylor

Walls

SSAge : 30Bats : S

Taylor Walls

Height : 5' 9" · Weight : 84 kg · Bats : S · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2021-05-22

Born in : Cordele, GA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Tampa Bay Rays	124	369	82	2	36	.222	.607
2025	Tampa Bay Rays	101	282	62	4	38	.220	.599
2024	Tampa Bay Rays	84	218	40	1	14	.183	.530
2023	Tampa Bay Rays	99	303	61	8	36	.201	.638
2022	Tampa Bay Rays	142	407	70	8	33	.172	.553
2021	Tampa Bay Rays	54	152	32	1	15	.211	.610
Career totals		604	1731	347	24	172	.200	.589

ContractTampa Bay Rays payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 2 yrs · 2025–2026
Total value: 3.8 M$
AAV: 1.40 M$

2026
2.45 M$
Guaranteed
2027
3.10 M$
Club option

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.278

xwOBA

.251

OPS

.607

AVG

.222

OBP

.309

RBI

433

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.7

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.8

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

Trend

→ Stable (+4)

20230.8 WAR · 1.4 per full season
2024-0.2 WAR · -0.5 per full season
20250.3 WAR · 0.6 per full season
20260.8 WAR · 1.1 per full season

Outlook, age included

+4 · 29 y.o. · prime years

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

Replacement or prospect

CON: Contact; 62
POW: Power; 44
EYE: Eye; 77
SPD: Speed; 83
FLD: Fielding; 65
DUR: Durability; 62
EX: Experience; 66

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
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

0.8

#197 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

2 / 100

#261 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

36 / 100

Surplus $5.4M · salary $2.5M

PAL: dimensions

Offense2

Power2

Discipline48

Speed86

Defense49

WAR, in runs

Batting-12.9

Baserunning+2.9

Fielding-2.3

Positional+5.3

Replacement+13.2

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.

Avg exit velocity

85.6 mi/h

6th percentile

Max exit velocity

107.7 mi/h

8th percentile

Barrels

2.1 %

4th percentile

Hard-hit

21.9 %

2th percentile

xBA

.190

1th percentile

Bat speed

68.2 mi/h

6th percentile

Sprint speed

27.9 pi/s

60th percentile

Outs above average

-3

28th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	TB	0.8	2	46	85.6	107.7	2.1	21.9	.190
2025	TB	0.3	8	49	87.0	104.5	3.2	26.4	.210
2024	TB	-0.2	3	45	86.1	104.4	3.2	24.0	.183
2023	TB	0.8	16	51	86.7	104.8	3.3	28.8	.199
2022	TB	-0.5	1	54	86.3	105.7	6.2	28.5	.194
2021	TB	0.4	29	62	88.5	106.4	2.9	33.7	.207

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 26	@ PHI	5	1	0	0	3	.222
Sep 24	@ NYY	3	1	0	1	1	.223
Sep 22	@ NYY	4	3	1	0	0	.222
Sep 20	vs BOS	3	0	0	0	1	.216
Sep 19	vs BOS	1	0	0	0	0	.218
Sep 18	vs BOS	1	0	0	1	0	.218
Sep 17	vs ATH	3	1	2	1	1	.219
Sep 5	@ TEX	2	0	0	1	1	.218
Sep 4	@ TEX	4	0	0	0	1	.219
Sep 2	vs NYM	3	1	0	1	1	.222