Taylor Walls

Bats B Throws R5'10" 185 lbBorn 1996 Americus, USADebut 2021Team TBDraft 2017 R3 #79 Tampa Bay Rays, Florida StateContract 1 y/$2.45M (26)+27 cl opt 2026: $2,450,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 91.7FIELD+ 110.1 at SSTotal 0.68 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	219	191	41	8	1	4	24	52	9	0.212	0.300	0.329	0.629	0.116	0.284	23.7	10.9	76.2	0.04
2027	313	270	56	11	1	4	34	74	13	0.207	0.296	0.307	0.604	0.100	0.275	23.5	10.7	70.9	-0.14

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 72 HIT+ the next season; 9 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	Jose Uribe	1987	74.7	78.1	535
2	Al Glossop	1943	65.6	did not play
3	Abraham Nunez	2004	60.9	84.7	467
4	Aaron Miles	2005	65.0	70.5	471
5	Jonathan Herrera	2013	63.7	70.6	104
6	Steve Jeltz	1987	56.6	53.9	450
7	Manuel Lee	1993	71.5	76.9	363
8	Larry Milbourne	1979	62.1	73.3	296
9	Paul Popovich	1969	68.3	69.7	209
10	Domingo Cedeno	1997	68.1	74.7	153

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			313		56	11	1	4		13	34	74	0.207	0.296	0.307	0.604	70.9
2026*	TBA	104	360	49	69	14	2	2		19	37	87	0.224	0.309	0.302	0.611	75.5
2025	TB	101	317	36	62	14	1	4	38	14	26	70	0.220	0.280	0.319	0.599	66.9
2024	TB	84	252	27	40	5	3	1	14	16	31	67	0.183	0.282	0.248	0.529	58.1
2023	TB	99	349	50	61	12	2	8	36	22	44	92	0.201	0.305	0.333	0.638	82.7
2022	TB	142	465	53	70	18	2	8	33	10	52	120	0.172	0.268	0.285	0.553	66.1
2021	TB	54	176	15	32	10	0	1	15	4	23	49	0.211	0.314	0.296	0.610	83.7
Career		480	1559	181	265	59	8	22	136	66	176	398	0.195	0.286	0.298	0.584	70.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	360	85.5	19.8	2.1	21.5	22.3	25.7	0.190	0.256	0.248	27.9
2025	317	87.0	15.1	3.2	26.4	20.3	21.2	0.210	0.309	0.261	28.2
2024	252	86.1	18.2	3.2	24.0	25.0	20.3	0.183	0.263	0.255	27.8
2023	349	86.7	19.1	3.3	28.8	27.2	18.0	0.199	0.303	0.277	28.2
2022	466	86.3	16.6	6.2	28.5	25.5	19.9	0.194	0.317	0.274	28.8
2021	176	88.5	12.2	2.9	33.7	26.2	19.0	0.207	0.316	0.285	28.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TB	SS	94	721	125	234	5	56	0.986	+11.7
2025	TB	2B	5	29	7	10	0	0	1.000	+0.5
2025	TB	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2024	TB	SS	83	625	80	172	3	33	0.988	+6.5
2023	TB	3B	39	246	17	56	2	4	0.973	+5.8
2023	TB	2B	37	292	54	87	1	23	0.993	+2.6
2023	TB	SS	32	254	40	63	5	15	0.954	-1.7
2022	TB	SS	92	726	104	240	10	29	0.972	+11.8
2022	TB	2B	34	209	47	70	2	18	0.983	-1.0
2022	TB	3B	25	166	17	40	2	5	0.966	+8.4
2021	TB	SS	49	378	35	116	5	20	0.968	+1.3
2021	TB	2B	3	23	5	5	0	3	1.000	-0.9
2021	TB	3B	1	7	0	0	0	0		-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
2024	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	23	0 HR, 1 SB	0.381	1.149
2024	Rk	FCL Rays	Bat	20	1 HR, 1 SB	0.118	0.544
2021	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	222	8 HR, 10 SB	0.247	0.831
2019	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	243	6 HR, 15 SB	0.270	0.825
2019	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Bat	180	4 HR, 13 SB	0.269	0.756
2018	A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Bat	540	6 HR, 31 SB	0.304	0.821

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.265	0.299	0.286	0.289
2025	0.274	0.278	0.266	0.290
2024	0.223	0.256	0.294	0.210
2023	0.343	0.278	0.280	0.309
2022	0.269	0.257	0.339	0.194
2021	0.298	0.284	0.263	0.313

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	2	6	2	1	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.667
2022	2	5	1	2	0.200	0.200	0.200	0.400
Career	4	11	3	3	0.273	0.273	0.273	0.545