Taylor Clarke

Bats R Throws R6'4" 217 lbBorn 1993 Ashburn, USADebut 2019Team KCDraft 2015 R3 #76 Arizona Diamondbacks, College of CharlestonContract 1 y/$1.55M (26) 2026: $1,550,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	187	20.6	6.4	3.18	20.7	6.16	105.7
2027							105.1
2028							104.3

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 96 PITCH+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Austin Pruitt	2022	97.7	108.6	196
2	Carlos Torres	2015	96.5	109.9	339
3	Jesse Chavez	2016	96.3	90.3	586
4	Austin Voth	2024	94.2	did not play
5	Rafael Montero	2023	93.7	87.2	164
6	Alfredo Simon	2013	94.4	102.0	818
7	Buck Farmer	2023	94.8	105.9	299
8	Chris Hatcher	2017	96.5	84.5	167
9	Juan Carlos Oviedo	2014	99.7	did not play
10	Mark Lowe	2015	99.8	80.7	224

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	HR	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	KC	51	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	KC	58	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	KC	47	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	ARI	43	3	0	1	0	0	2	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.667	80.2
2020	ARI	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	ARI	23	25	2	6	1	2	10	0.250	0.250	0.375	0.625	55.5
Career		234	28	2	7	1	2	12	0.259	0.259	0.370	0.630	58.1

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									187				105.1
2026*									215				130.1	97.9	128.0
2025	KC	1	1	3.25	51	0	1	55.3	206	8	9	44	118.4	100.4	118.9
2023	KC	3	6	5.95	58	2	3	59.0	266	12	24	65	84.4	96.9	81.3
2022	KC	3	1	4.04	47	0	3	49.0	203	6	8	48	101.3	95.9	97.2
2021	ARI	1	3	4.98	43	0	0	43.3	194	4	14	39	94.7	102.6	97.3
2020	ARI	3	0	4.36	12	5	0	43.3	183	8	21	40	103.7	98.3	102.0
2019	ARI	5	5	5.31	23	15	1	84.7	369	23	30	68	86.1	99.8	85.9
Career		16	16	4.73	234	22	8	334.7	1421	61	106	304	96.1		95.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	3	79.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	71.4	60.0	0.056	0.069	0.051
2019	25	84.5	3.4	0.0	20.0	28.9	38.6	0.146	0.204	0.150	27.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	P	51	55	2	5	1	1	0.875	+0.1
2023	KC	P	58	59	5	7	1	0	0.923	-1.0
2022	KC	P	47	49	5	3	0	0	1.000	-1.0
2021	ARI	P	43	43	1	5	0	0	1.000	+0.6
2020	ARI	P	12	43	5	3	0	1	1.000	-0.4
2019	ARI	P	23	85	4	6	2	0	0.833	-0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2018	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	35	0 HR, 0 SB	0.212	0.477
2016	AA	Mobile BayBears	Bat	23	0 HR, 1 SB	0.273	0.591
2025	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	59	14.1 IP, 15% K	4.47
2024	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	293	68.0 IP, 19% K	4.90
2021	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	27	7.0 IP, 30% K	0.00
2019	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	164	36.2 IP, 17% K	6.71
2019	A+	Visalia Rawhide	Pit	20	6.0 IP, 15% K	0.00
2018	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	637	152.0 IP, 20% K	4.03
2017	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	144	33.2 IP, 22% K	4.88
2017	AA	Jackson Generals	Pit	455	111.1 IP, 24% K	2.92
2016	AA	Mobile BayBears	Pit	410	97.2 IP, 18% K	3.61
2016	A+	Visalia Rawhide	Pit	96	23.0 IP, 23% K	2.74
2016	A	Kane County Cougars	Pit	113	28.2 IP, 21% K	2.87

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.300	0.450	0.000
2019	0.392	0.164	0.164	0.392

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.