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Taj Bradley

Age: 25
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #26

Born: March 20, 2001 in Los Angeles, CA, United States
MLB debut: April 12, 2023
Drafted: 2018, round 5
High school: Redan

dbWAR: 6.6
IP: 178.1
ERA: 3.73
FIP: 3.83
K/9: 10.3
FIP−: 92

Taj Bradley is a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2026 he struck out 205 batters over 178.1 innings across 31 appearances, 31 of them starts, going 12-6. His ERA of 3.73 is 10.6% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 19 on his team, and 213th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.83 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 27.4% of swings (12.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.4%. His 2.8 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.

FIP3.83

K/910.3

WHIP1.22

WAR2.8

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	MIN	31	31	178.1	12	6	142	74	205	76	3.73	3.83	1.22	10.3	3.8	89	92	2.8
2025	TB/MIN	27	27	142.2	6	8	131	80	127	56	5.05	4.35	1.31	8.0	3.5	121	105	1.5
2024	TB	25	25	138.0	8	11	122	63	154	47	4.11	4.09	1.22	10.0	3.1	101	100	1.6
2023	TB	23	21	104.2	5	8	106	65	129	39	5.59	4.79	1.39	11.1	3.4	129	111	0.7

Platoon splits

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

Season

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	440	386	78	17	51	126	.202	.295	.368	.298	28.6%
vs RHB	308	278	64	6	25	79	.230	.302	.349	.294	25.6%

Pitch sequencing

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

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	46.6%	1,398	97.2	2,311	50.4%	17.5%	299	.231	.741
Cutter	24.5%	734	89.7	2,200	49.2%	36.2%	173	.179	.567
Splitter	19.0%	568	91.5	1,738	42.1%	38.1%	124	.234	.580
Curveball	9.3%	278	82.8	2,406	43.5%	36.4%	62	.161	.555
Sinker	0.6%	19	91.8	1,830	31.6%	12.5%	6	—	—

Taj Bradley'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. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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ERA: 3.91
FIP: 4.07
SO: 170
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ERA: 3.85
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ERA: 3.34
FIP: 3.62
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ERA: 3.91
FIP: 4.17
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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.