Tyrone Taylor

Tyrone Taylor

29-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Milwaukee Brewers
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Fellow outfielder Lorenzo Cain retired midway through last season, and Taylor wound up starting nearly three times as many games in center field as anyone else on the roster. He was rather streaky at the plate, but he figured out Miller Park for the first time in his career and wound up with a respectable 42 extra-base hits. It's not guaranteed that he remains the Brewers' primary center fielder, but he is sound enough at that position to play both there and in the corner spots, and he is capable enough against both lefties and righties to earn around 400 PA like he did last season. If that turns out to be the case, he could provide enough power to overcome concerns about his OBP. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#533
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Brewers in March of 2023.
Playing right field in Game 1
OFMilwaukee Brewers
October 3, 2023
Taylor is starting in right field and batting ninth Tuesday in Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series against the Diamondbacks.
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Garrett Mitchell is not on the Brewers' active roster for this best-of-three series versus Arizona, so Sal Frelick will cover center field as Taylor patrols right. Taylor missed some time down the stretch with a hamstring injury, but he ultimately registered a strong .912 OPS across his final 82 plate appearances dating back to the beginning of September.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
2
11
24
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
4
6
4
7
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+4%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+3%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+2%
OPS vs RHP
2021
 
 
+12%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .757 302 39 13 38 8 .251 .298 .459
Since 2021vs Right .730 617 79 26 91 10 .230 .288 .441
2023vs Left .728 81 9 3 14 3 .241 .259 .468
2023vs Right .706 162 27 7 21 6 .230 .272 .434
2022vs Left .720 132 17 5 14 2 .225 .295 .425
2022vs Right .733 273 32 12 37 1 .237 .282 .451
2021vs Left .837 89 13 5 10 3 .298 .337 .500
2021vs Right .747 182 20 7 33 3 .220 .313 .434
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+10%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+31%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+19%
OPS at Home
2021
 
 
+19%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home .775 448 61 25 72 7 .235 .286 .489
Since 2021Away .704 471 57 14 57 11 .240 .297 .407
2023Home .815 116 20 5 21 5 .270 .302 .514
2023Away .620 127 16 5 14 4 .200 .236 .383
2022Home .796 194 26 11 27 1 .240 .299 .497
2022Away .667 211 23 6 24 2 .227 .275 .392
2021Home .710 138 15 9 24 1 .197 .254 .457
2021Away .848 133 18 3 19 5 .302 .391 .457
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Stat Review
How does Tyrone Taylor compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.15
 
BB Rate
3.3%
 
K Rate
22.6%
 
BABIP
.263
 
ISO
.212
 
AVG
.234
 
OBP
.267
 
SLG
.446
 
OPS
.713
 
wOBA
.309
 
Exit Velocity
87.7 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
33.9%
 
Barrels/PA
4.9%
 
Expected BA
.246
 
Expected SLG
.426
 
Sprint Speed
25.6 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
34.1%
 
Line Drive %
21.6%
 
Fly Ball %
44.3%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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2020
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2015
2014
Taylor is finally getting a shot in his late-20s and he didn't disappoint last season. Prorating can be dangerous, but if you double his 12 homers and six steals with a .247 average in 271 plate appearances, he would have ended up with stats similar to Chris Taylor last season (20 HR, 13 SB, .254 AVG). He has a useful profile in fantasy and real life with no obvious weaknesses. The only question surrounding Taylor is how much he will play this season. The playing time situation is a little more open up with Avisail Garcia signing with Miami, Jackie Bradley going back to Boston and the possibility of the DH in the National League. He wasn't playing all the time last season between trips to the minors and spending time as a bench bat. He's someone to closely monitor in spring training to see if he lands a full-time role.
Despite spending time in the majors each of the past two years, Taylor will retain rookie status into 2021 as he has thus far logged only 53 plate appearances. Over that span, the outfielder has slashed .271/.340/.521 with a pair of home runs and six doubles among his 13 hits. Taylor has demonstrated solid contact and strikeout rates throughout his time in the minors but didn't show much power until 2018, when he used a revamped swing to tally 20 homers at Triple-A. He followed that by belting 14 long balls (in over 100 fewer at-bats) the next season, leading to his first big-league callup. Taylor has used his above-average speed to swipe 89 bases in the minors, though his single-season numbers have never been gaudy. He projects to be a solid-but-unspectacular offensive contributor, in the vein of a fourth outfielder. He's likely to open 2021 in that role with Milwaukee otherwise set at the position.
With multiple players ahead of him on the organizational depth chart, Taylor returned to Triple-A to start the 2019 season after posting solid numbers at that level in 2018. The outfielder scuffled out of the gates, hitting .236 with a .720 OPS and 28.7 K% in 44 games before going down with a wrist injury at the end of May. Taylor returned one month later and turned things around, slashing .294/.369/.480 with a 17.6 K% over his final 48 games. While his strong finish to the minor-league season also played a role, injuries to Milwaukee's outfield ultimately paved the way for the 2012 second-round pick to make his major-league debut in September. Taylor saw limited opportunities down the stretch, appearing in 15 games and going 4-for-10 with a pair of doubles. The Brewers' outfield looks set in 2020 with the addition of Avisail Garcia, leaving Taylor to serve as depth.
Taylor emerged as a top prospect in the Brewers' organization a couple years ago, but wasn't able to put up top-prospect numbers in 2015. In his first full season with Double-A Biloxi, the 21-year-old slashed a meager .260/.312/.337, a step back from the .727 OPS he posted in 2014 with High-A Brevard County. He maintained a contact rate of 88 percent, but also saw a decrease in his walk rate and an increase in his strikeout rate. Taylor is still young, so he still has time to develop into an everyday outfielder for the Brewers, especially if he can continue to consistently make contact.
Taylor put together another quality season with the bat in 2014, tallying 45 extra-base hits and striking out just 58 times in 135 games. He also showed improvement as a base runner, and was thrown out just six times in 29 attempts. Taylor went 1-for-13 in a brief appearance with Double-A Huntsville last year but he will likely be the starting center fielder there in 2015. He is one of the top, if not the top, prospect in the Brewers’ system and is well on his way to reaching the big leagues sometime in 2016 or 2017.
While Taylor’s power faded down the stretch last season, he provided a glimpse at his upside by posting a respectable .738 OPS and stealing 19 bases -- while primarily playing center field -- in his age-19 season. Taylor has speed and athleticism, so there is a good chance he could handle center field long term. Taylor’s age may keep him at the Low-A level to start 2014, but a fast start could earn him a ticket to High-A in short order.
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Takes seat Thursday
OFMilwaukee Brewers
September 28, 2023
Taylor is out of the lineup Thursday versus the Cardinals.
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Returns to lineup
OFMilwaukee Brewers
September 24, 2023
Taylor (hamstring) is starting in right field and batting ninth Sunday versus Miami.
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Remains out Saturday
OFMilwaukee Brewers
Hamstring
September 23, 2023
Taylor (hamstring) isn't starting Saturday against the Marlins.
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Out with hamstring issue
OFMilwaukee Brewers
Hamstring
September 22, 2023
Taylor is out of the lineup Friday at Miami due to a minor hamstring tweak, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
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Takes seat again Friday
OFMilwaukee Brewers
September 22, 2023
Taylor remains out of the lineup Friday against the Marlins.
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