Samad Taylor

Bats R Throws R5'8" 160 lbBorn 1998 Corona, USADebut 2023Team SDDraft 2016 R10 #302 Cleveland Guardians, Corona (CA) HSContract 1 y (26) 2026: $488,022

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 69.0FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.18 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	77	67	16	3	0	2	7	19	4	0.243	0.313	0.369	0.683	0.127	0.302	24.7	8.5	89.0	0.14
2027	249	218	53	8	2	4	21	59	11	0.241	0.311	0.344	0.655	0.103	0.293	23.7	8.3	82.9	0.26

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 52 HIT+ the next season; 4 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Brandon Dixon	2018	44.0	85.3	420
2	Doug Howard	1974	47.1	31.3	29
3	Harry Swacina	1908	45.3	did not play
4	Lou Guisto	1921	49.4	66.2	90
5	John McHale	1948	42.4	did not play
6	Carlos Rivera	2004	49.7	did not play
7	Jesus Vega	1982	59.8	did not play
8	Jose Leon	2003	67.5	24.3	69
9	George McQuinn	1936	52.6	did not play
10	Brad Eldred	2007	68.3	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			249		53	8	2	4		11	21	59	0.241	0.311	0.344	0.655	82.9
2026*	SDN	26	102	14	29	1	1	1		6	12	30	0.330	0.410	0.398	0.808	129.4
2025	SEA	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250	-34.1
2024	SEA	3	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.400	0.400	0.400	0.800	140.5
2023	KC	31	69	11	12	2	1	0	4	8	7	22	0.200	0.279	0.267	0.546	52.9
Career		38	83	14	15	2	1	0	4	8	7	24	0.205	0.272	0.260	0.532	48.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	102	85.2	6.7	3.3	25.0	24.3	28.7	0.283	0.351	0.326	29.2
2025	9	75.7	9.9	0.0	12.5	21.4	50.0	0.187	0.237	0.184
2024	5	90.5	13.8	0.0	25.0	50.0	40.0	0.168	0.182	0.175
2023	69	87.5	8.7	10.0	22.5	31.6	29.9	0.191	0.350	0.273	29.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SEA	OF	3	20	6	0	0	0	1.000
2024	SEA	OF	3	11	1	0	0	0	1.000
2023	KC	OF	16	94	28	0	0	0	1.000
2023	KC	2B	12	71	15	13	1	4	0.966	-4.7
2023	KC	3B	2	3	0	0	0	0		-0.0

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Bat	230	8 HR, 9 SB	0.313	0.903
2025	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Bat	657	17 HR, 44 SB	0.296	0.839
2024	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Bat	599	11 HR, 50 SB	0.262	0.732
2023	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	414	8 HR, 43 SB	0.301	0.884
2022	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	280	9 HR, 23 SB	0.258	0.763
2021	AA	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Bat	374	16 HR, 30 SB	0.294	0.888
2019	A+	Dunedin Blue Jays	Bat	384	7 HR, 26 SB	0.216	0.689
2018	A	Lansing Lugnuts	Bat	530	9 HR, 44 SB	0.230	0.710
2017	Rk	Bluefield Blue Jays	Bat	20	0 HR, 1 SB	0.250	0.600
2016	Rk	AZL Indians	Bat	135	1 HR, 6 SB	0.293	0.756

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.380	0.362	0.349	0.383
2025	0.180	0.000	0.225	0.000
2024	0.300	0.450		0.360
2023	0.326	0.249	0.299	0.262

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