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Player Chicago White Sox Refreshed Sep 1 06:00 AM ET
Player profile / Chicago White Sox

Grant Taylor

P · Bats/Throws R/R · 6' 3", 230 lb · Age 24

Cards
5
Modules
1
Live Δ
yes
Club Chicago White Sox Position P Roster Current MLB team Status Healthy / active roster
Traditional line

Season by season

3D Pitch Lab Projections
WLERAGGSSVIPSOWHIP
2025244.91362636.2541.42
2026722.03524871.0921.03
2 Seasons963.0188614107.21461.16
At a glance

Season percentile report

The headline weighs outcome stats (xwOBA, barrels); each bar averages its full strip group below. 100 = best in MLB.

2026-09-01
85
Pitching
percentile
Pitching9 metrics
77
Arsenal5 metrics
93
Rolling projection

Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update

Rolling bands shrink current-season signal toward the preseason prior until the sample earns more weight.

Pending

Rolling player projection appears after current-season Statcast and projection joins refresh.

Live percentile strip

Current traits vs projection tick

100th = best in MLB.

2026-09-01
Pitching · percentile strip
WHIP1.07
87
ERA2.12
94
BB%8.5%
54
K%31.7%
96
xwOBA allowed0.248
96
Barrel allowed5.8%
76
Fastball velo98.3
95
Hard-hit allowed42.4%
22
Whiff%25.4%
71
Mithrandir+

Stuff+ and arsenal context

How nasty this pitcher's stuff grades in our pitch-level model. Missing coverage is shown explicitly.

2026-09-01
Fastball Stuff+112
97
Mithrandir Stuff+110
98
Curveball Stuff+106
93
Sinker Stuff+108
91
Slider Stuff+106
85
Rolling form chart

xwOBA allowed snapshot line

Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs

12 snapshots
Mithrandir Metrics ROLLING XWOBA LINE Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. season=2026 Rolling xwOBA allowed Taylor, Grant · Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs LG AVG 0.313 0.248 2026-08-21: 0.2412026-08-22: 0.2412026-08-23: 0.2412026-08-24: 0.2412026-08-25: 0.2432026-08-26: 0.2432026-08-27: 0.2432026-08-28: 0.2432026-08-29: 0.2432026-08-30: 0.2482026-08-31: 0.2482026-09-01: 0.248 2026-08-21 2026-09-01 xwOBA allowed MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
Optimization map

Arsenal optimization map

Pitch-shape context from this pitcher’s current arsenal snapshot. Hover a pitch to inspect usage, movement, and bat-missing context.

5Pitches 2026Season 46%Top usage
ride armside gloveside +Arsenal gap +Shape contrast
Zone profile

Aggregate zone heatmap

Aggregate zone metrics from seasonal Statcast leaderboards.

Mithrandir Metrics ZONE HEATMAP Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. season=2026 Pitch Zone Profile Taylor, Grant · Aggregate zone metrics; not pitch-by-pitch locations Edge: 35%35%Zone: 50%50%Whiff: 25%25%Called strike: 20%20%First pitch strike: 49%49%Hard hit allowed: 42%42% Dashed border = aggregate mixed-batter zone proxy MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
Pitch arsenal

Usage mix, movement map, and Stuff+ composition

2026 pitch-level arsenal aggregates; current season takes over after 100 tracked pitches across at least 2 pitch types. Descriptive pitch-type Stuff+ composition. Not a promoted predictive metric.

Watch the pitches in 3D →

2026
Mithrandir Metrics PITCH ARSENAL DONUT Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. Pitch Arsenal Taylor, Grant · 2026 arsenal snapshot 4-Seam Fastball: 46.5%Curveball: 26.6%Slider: 15.6%Sinker: 10.7%Cutter: 0.7% FF46% · 98 mphprimary pitch FF 46%CU 27%SL 16%SI 11%FC 1% MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
Mithrandir Metrics PITCH MOVEMENT Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. Pitch Arsenal Taylor, Grant · 2026 arsenal snapshot 15″30″45″60″ 4-Seam Fastball: 46% usage, 0″ horizontal break, 12″ drop, 98.1 mphFF98 mphCurveball: 27% usage, 1″ horizontal break, 55″ drop, 83.8 mphCU84 mphSlider: 16% usage, 6″ horizontal break, 34″ drop, 89.4 mphSL89 mphSinker: 11% usage, 10″ horizontal break, 15″ drop, 98.9 mphSI99 mphCutter: 1% usage, 3″ horizontal break, 25″ drop, 95.4 mphFC95 mph less drop ↑ more drop ↓ · horizontal break ↔ · dot size = usage · break incl. gravity MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
PitchUsagePitchesStuff+Status
FB 48.5% 331 112 qualified
CB 24.6% 168 106 limited sample
SL 16.3% 111 106 limited sample
SI 10.0% 68 108 limited sample
FC 0.6% 4 89 limited sample
Method note

Renamed from the attempted Kirby Index after audit; true Kirby requires release-angle trajectory data.

Reference layer

Current snapshot

Age24
Height6' 3"
Weight230 lb
Debut2025-06-10
Live layer

Delta / regression

ERA Δ--
K% Δ--

positive regression

Regression watch

Unlucky so far. Better days ahead.

0.8σ gap
wOBA-against (actual)0.272
xwOBA-against (deserved)0.248

Taylor’s wOBA-against sits at 0.272, but the quality of contact underneath says it should be 0.248 — a gap of 0.023, 0.8 standard deviations from the MLB norm over 73 IP. The results have been worse than the process deserves; as the sample grows, expect the numbers to climb back toward the underlying level.

Mithrandir coverage

Module shelf

ModuleCardsLatestSignal
Pitching52026-04-12Command and chase profile drove the outing
Projection links / recent games

Available detail

Pitcher Projections 202629.9% K | 3.70 ERAProjection
2026-08-15 @ DET0 ER / 1 K1.0 IP
2026-04-12 @ KC0 ER / 2 K2.0 IP
2026-04-09 @ KC0 ER / 1 K1.1 IP
2026-04-06 vs BAL0 ER / 1 K1.0 IP
2026-04-04 vs TOR0 ER / 1 K1.0 IP