Taijuan Walker

Bats B Throws R6'4" 253 lbBorn 1992 Shreveport, USADebut 2013Team PHI1x All-StarDraft 2010 RC-A #43 Seattle Mariners, Yucaipa HS

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	390	16.2	8.2	3.50	20.8	6.44	95.2
2027							96.8
2028							98.3

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 92 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	John Lackey	2011	102.4	did not play
2	Joe Blanton	2013	97.6	did not play
3	Ubaldo Jimenez	2016	102.2	83.1	648
4	Roberto Hernandez	2013	96.6	94.3	722
5	Aaron Harang	2010	100.4	92.5	719
6	Alex Cobb	2020	101.1	109.5	393
7	Mike Pelfrey	2016	93.6	86.2	546
8	Drew Smyly	2021	99.1	99.8	447
9	Derek Holland	2019	96.4	84.4	179
10	Jordan Zimmermann	2018	101.9	88.1	504

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	PHI	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	PHI	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	PHI	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	NYM	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	NYM	31	51	0	5	0	0	1	1	29	0.106	0.143	0.106	0.249	-32.5
2020	TOR	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	ARI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	ARI	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-132.7
2017	ARI	28	54	6	12	1	1	5	1	19	0.231	0.245	0.308	0.553	28.9
2016	SEA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	SEA	29	10	0	1	1	0	1	0	5	0.111	0.111	0.222	0.333	-18.9
2014	SEA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	SEA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		252	119	6	18	2	1	7	2	54	0.161	0.183	0.205	0.388	-6.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									390				96.8
2026*									115				69.8	101.9	71.7
2025	PHI	5	8	4.08	34	21	1	123.7	538	21	42	86	93.6	101.1	94.7
2024	PHI	3	7	7.10	19	15	0	83.7	381	24	37	58	67.6	98.8	66.4
2023	PHI	15	6	4.38	31	31	0	172.7	733	20	71	138	101.3	100.3	101.6
2022	NYM	12	5	3.49	29	29	0	157.3	649	15	45	132	104.5	101.8	106.3
2021	NYM	7	11	4.47	30	29	0	159.0	654	26	55	146	103.6	103.1	106.7
2020	TOR	4	3	2.70	11	11	0	53.3	225	8	19	50	108.9	103.2	112.1
2019	ARI	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	104.0	100.0	104.0
2018	ARI	0	0	3.46	3	3	0	13.0	56	1	5	9	94.0	100.4	94.3
2017	ARI	9	9	3.49	28	28	0	157.3	684	17	61	146	104.4	100.1	104.4
2016	SEA	8	11	4.22	25	25	0	134.3	573	27	37	119	97.9	100.4	98.2
2015	SEA	11	8	4.56	29	29	0	169.7	706	25	40	157	100.5	99.8	100.3
2014	SEA	2	3	2.61	8	5	0	38.0	160	2	18	34	104.1
2013	SEA	1	0	3.60	3	3	0	15.0	60	0	4	12	123.0
Career		77	71	4.18	251	230	1	1278.0	5423	186	434	1088	99.3		100.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	51	82.6	-9.7	0.0	20.0	41.8	33.8	0.119	0.138	0.140	27.2
2018	4	86.6	-8.6	0.0	0.0	44.4	33.3	0.117	0.123	0.112
2017	54	84.4	-3.3	3.1	20.6	31.7	31.8	0.198	0.281	0.215	26.9
2015	10	89.6	5.6	0.0	40.0	52.4	50.0	0.135	0.186	0.138

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PHI	P	34	124	8	23	1	0	0.969	+0.7
2024	PHI	P	19	84	9	8	1	2	0.944	-0.5
2023	PHI	P	31	173	10	23	0	1	1.000	+0.2
2022	NYM	P	29	157	15	24	2	0	0.951	+1.4
2021	NYM	P	30	159	16	33	2	1	0.961	+2.5
2020	TOR	P	11	53	1	5	1	0	0.857	+0.9
2019	ARI	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		+0.0
2018	ARI	P	3	13	1	4	0	1	1.000	+0.0
2017	ARI	P	28	157	10	21	4	1	0.886	+0.0
2016	SEA	P	25	134	6	14	1	0	0.952	+0.3
2015	SEA	P	29	170	12	19	4	1	0.886	-0.2
2014	SEA	P	8	38	3	7	0	1	1.000
2013	SEA	P	3	15	0	1	0	0	1.000

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Pit	63	14.2 IP, 10% K	5.07
2026	Rk	ACL Angels	Pit	26	6.1 IP, 23% K	1.48
2024	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	49	11.0 IP, 4% K	4.09
2024	AA	Reading Fightin Phils	Pit	31	7.2 IP, 19% K	3.75
2016	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pit	66	15.0 IP, 9% K	3.60
2014	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pit	315	73.0 IP, 23% K	4.81
2013	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pit	246	57.1 IP, 26% K	3.63
2013	AA	Jackson Generals	Pit	339	84.0 IP, 28% K	2.46
2012	AA	Jackson Generals	Pit	550	126.2 IP, 21% K	4.71
2011	A	Clinton LumberKings	Pit	384	96.2 IP, 29% K	2.90
2010	Rk	AZL Mariners	Pit	27	7.0 IP, 33% K	1.29

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000	0.155	0.185	0.045
2018	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2017	0.150	0.294	0.235	0.282
2015	0.417	0.000		0.139

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2017	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	45.00	1	0	0.2	2	0	1	1	15.00
2017	1	36.00	1	1	1.0	4	1	2	3	6.00
Career	1	37.50	2	1	1.2	6	1	3	4	7.50

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	SEA	$528,600
2015	SEA	$513,100

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.