Blake Taylor

Blake Taylor

28-Year-Old PitcherRP
 Free Agent  
Free Agent
2023 Fantasy Outlook
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RANKSFrom Preseason
$Signed a one-year, $830,000 contract with the Astros in January of 2023. Released by the Astros in August of 2023.
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PFree Agent  
August 4, 2023
Taylor was released by the Astros on Friday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Taylor's had trouble getting outs at Triple-A Sugar Land this season (5.15 ERA, 1.82 WHIP) and the team decided earlier this week to remove him from the 40-man roster. The southpaw made 51 appearances for the Astros in 2021, and he's held lefties to a .159/.260/.258 line in the majors, so he should land on his feet in another organization despite his struggles this year.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
 
 
-47%
BAA vs LHP
2023
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2022
 
 
-12%
BAA vs LHP
2021
 
 
-60%
BAA vs LHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2021vs Left .155 110 31 13 15 4 0 2
Since 2021vs Right .292 153 19 19 38 7 0 5
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Left .219 38 5 6 7 1 0 0
2022vs Right .250 37 4 4 8 1 0 1
2021vs Left .123 72 26 7 8 3 0 2
2021vs Right .306 116 15 15 30 6 0 4
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
 
 
-29%
ERA on Road
2023
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-20%
ERA on Road
2021
 
 
-34%
ERA on Road
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2021Home 4.07 1.60 24.1 3 1 0 8.1 6.3 1.8
Since 2021Away 2.88 1.34 34.1 2 4 0 7.3 3.9 0.5
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Home 4.50 1.33 6.0 1 1 0 4.5 4.5 1.5
2022Away 3.60 1.70 10.0 0 0 0 5.4 6.3 0.0
2021Home 3.93 1.69 18.1 2 0 0 9.3 6.9 2.0
2021Away 2.59 1.19 24.1 2 4 0 8.1 3.0 0.7
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2021 Fantasy Outlook
A second-round pick back in 2013, Taylor was traded once for Ike Davis and a second time in December of 2019. He was sent from the Mets to the Astros along with Kenedy Corona in exchange for Jake Marisnick. A little over 20 innings later and Taylor looks like another nice pitching find for Houston. The left-hander faced 87 batters and allowed just five earned runs on 13 hits, including two homers. That level of run prevention does not quite align with the skills; Taylor had just a 5.7 K-BB%. That being said, Taylor ranked among the elite in inducing weak contact, with lefty and righty hitters alike struggling to hit his four-seam fastball even as it averaged just 93.7 mph. We need to see a little more, but Taylor already has his first career save and it seems inevitable that he will fall into at least a couple matchup-based saves in his sophomore season.
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Outrighted to Triple-A
PHouston Astros  
August 4, 2023
Houston outrighted Taylor to Triple-A Sugar Land on Friday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Pushed off 40-man roster
PHouston Astros  
July 31, 2023
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Activated, optioned to minors
PHouston Astros  
April 11, 2023
Taylor (elbow) was activated from the 15-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Beginning rehab assignment
PHouston Astros  
Elbow
March 31, 2023
Taylor (elbow) is beginning a minor-league rehab assignment Friday with Triple-A Sugar Land, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
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Shifts to injured list
PHouston Astros  
Elbow
March 30, 2023
Taylor (elbow) was placed on the 15-day injured list Thursday, retroactive to March 27.
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