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Pitcher · 2026

Taylor Clarke

Age
33
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 3"
Weight
210 lb
Number
#45
Born
May 13, 1993 in Ashburn, VA, USA
MLB debut
April 20, 2019
Drafted
2015, round 3
College
College of Charleston
Salary, 2026
$1.55M
dbWAR
1.0
2 season(s)
IP
53.1
ERA
2.19
FIP
3.69
K/9
4.7
FIP−
88
100 = avg

Taylor Clarke is a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2026 he struck out 28 batters over 53.1 innings across 53 appearances, going 2-2. His ERA of 2.19 was 47.5% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the second best on his team, and 31st of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.69 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.1% of swings (9.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.8%. His 0.6 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP3.69
K/94.7
WHIP0.86
WAR.6

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB117109232316.211.250.321.25413.7%
vs RHB8678142612.179.233.269.22014.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Taylor Clarke throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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SliderChangeupCutterSinkerFour-seam

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.

Slider31.0%23288.42,21042.2%35.2%
Changeup28.6%21490.11,73636.9%20.0%
Cutter19.5%14694.32,24736.3%6.8%
Sinker19.4%14595.22,19950.3%12.1%
Four-Seam Fastball1.6%1294.42,29158.3%0.0%
Taylor Clarke's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202653053.122037132892.193.690.864.71.553880.6
202551055.111138204493.253.970.857.21.578950.4

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.