Josh Taylor

Kansas City Royals

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2026, Josh Taylor threw 2,328 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2024, they relied primarily on their Sinker (91mph) and Slider (84mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Curve (77mph).


In 2024, compared to other LHP:
Their sinker is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has surprisingly little armside run. Their slider has short glove-side cut and has some two-plane movement. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 11 of them in 2024) is straight as an arrow, has some natural sinking action, has essentially average velo and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 10 of them in 2024) is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' curves.