Jameson Taillon

Bats R Throws R6'5" 230 lbBorn 1991 Lakeland, USADebut 2016Team CHCDraft 2010 R1 #2 Pittsburgh Pirates, The Woodlands HSContract 4 y/$68M (23-26) 2026: $5,390,374

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	574	17.9	5.5	3.78	19.8	6.62	100.9
2027							101.0
2028							100.1

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 33

His ten closest age-33 comparables averaged 100 PITCH+ the next season; 7 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	Javier Vazquez	2010	104.5	105.2	798
2	Alex Cobb	2021	101.9	105.1	631
3	Brett Anderson	2021	99.8	did not play
4	Tyler Anderson	2023	101.0	100.8	765
5	Anthony DeSclafani	2023	100.9	did not play
6	Freddy Garcia	2010	100.6	98.1	626
7	Roy Oswalt	2011	107.9	81.6	264
8	Cole Hamels	2017	107.8	99.6	806
9	Ian Kennedy	2018	98.7	110.1	266
10	Brad Radke	2006	98.2	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CHC	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	CHC	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	CHC	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	NYY	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	NYY	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0.500	0.000	0.500	125.8
2019	PIT	7	11	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500	30.5
2018	PIT	32	63	0	4	1	3	1	22	0.070	0.086	0.088	0.174	-65.5
2017	PIT	25	43	2	6	0	0	0	15	0.158	0.158	0.158	0.316	-27.8
2016	PIT	18	36	0	3	0	2	0	17	0.094	0.094	0.094	0.188	-67.5
Career		224	155	2	15	1	5	2	57	0.110	0.123	0.118	0.241	-46.2

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									574				101.0
2026*									362				87.1	100.5	87.6
2025	CHC	11	7	3.68	23	23	0	129.7	519	24	27	98	105.3	100.6	105.9
2024	CHC	12	8	3.27	28	28	0	165.3	675	21	33	125	105.0	99.6	104.6
2023	CHC	8	10	4.84	30	29	1	154.3	655	27	41	140	99.6	97.6	97.2
2022	NYY	14	5	3.91	32	32	0	177.3	728	26	32	151	101.4	102.3	103.7
2021	NYY	8	6	4.30	29	29	0	144.3	603	24	44	140	101.5	98.5	100.0
2019	PIT	2	3	4.10	7	7	0	37.3	158	4	8	30	111.7	97.6	109.2
2018	PIT	14	10	3.20	32	32	0	191.0	785	20	46	179	107.0	99.9	107.0
2017	PIT	8	7	4.44	25	25	0	133.7	587	11	46	125	95.4	98.4	93.8
2016	PIT	5	4	3.38	18	18	0	104.0	418	13	17	85	106.9	101.1	108.0
Career		82	60	3.87	224	223	1	1237.0	5128	170	294	1073	103.0		102.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	2	75.9	-12.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.040	0.040	0.364
2019	11	85.6	2.2	12.5	33.3	25.0	0.134	0.188	0.133
2018	63	84.1	-3.2	20.0	25.9	36.8	0.109	0.140	0.120	21.4
2017	43	76.8	-12.2	10.7	24.7	39.1	0.138	0.152	0.128	22.3
2016	36	90.6	-8.8	15.8	40.3	41.9	0.150	0.167	0.138	20.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	P	23	130	7	14	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2024	CHC	P	28	165	14	11	1	0	0.962	-0.3
2023	CHC	P	30	154	7	9	0	1	1.000	-1.9
2022	NYY	P	32	177	8	18	1	2	0.963	+2.1
2021	NYY	P	29	144	5	9	0	0	1.000	-1.1
2019	PIT	P	7	37	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2018	PIT	P	32	191	9	23	0	2	1.000	-0.1
2017	PIT	P	25	134	7	17	0	0	1.000	-1.1
2016	PIT	P	18	104	5	14	2	1	0.905	+0.5

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2013	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	20	0 HR, 0 SB	0.056	0.161
2025	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	74	16.2 IP, 23% K	6.11
2017	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	48	11.0 IP, 31% K	4.09
2016	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	236	61.2 IP, 26% K	2.06
2013	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	162	37.0 IP, 23% K	3.89
2013	AA	Altoona Curve	Pit	478	110.1 IP, 22% K	3.68
2012	AA	Altoona Curve	Pit	62	17.0 IP, 29% K	1.59
2012	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Pit	522	125.0 IP, 19% K	3.82
2011	A	West Virginia Power	Pit	394	92.2 IP, 25% K	4.00

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.350		0.350
2019		0.225	0.225	0.225
2018	0.050	0.092	0.114	0.061
2017	0.270	0.108	0.225	0.000
2016	0.000	0.067	0.000	0.180

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

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	2.25	2	2	8.0	7	1	7	1.00
2022	1	6.59	2	1	4.1	7	3	0	2.44
Career	1	3.72	4	3	12.1	14	4	7	1.49