Pitcher · 2026
Taj Bradley
- Age
- 25
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #26
- Born
- March 20, 2001 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- April 12, 2023
- Drafted
- 2018, round 5
- High school
- Redan
- dbWAR
- 4.3 3 season(s)
- IP
- 131.2
- ERA
- 3.76
- FIP
- 3.84
- K/9
- 10.1
- FIP−
- 92 100 = avg
Taj Bradley is a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2026 he struck out 148 batters over 131.2 innings across 23 appearances, 23 of them starts, going 9-4. His ERA of 3.76 was 10.0% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 6th of 16 on his team, and 214th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.84 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 26.3% of swings (12.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.6%. His 1.8 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.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 326 | 287 | 59 | 12 | 37 | 92 | .206 | .295 | .376 | .300 | 28.2% |
| vs RHB | 230 | 208 | 50 | 5 | 18 | 56 | .240 | .309 | .361 | .301 | 24.3% |
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, and how often it misses in 2026.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 1,039 | 97.1 | 2,311 | 50.0% | 15.7% | |
| Cutter | 546 | 89.8 | 2,187 | 49.8% | 35.9% | |
| Splitter | 448 | 91.5 | 1,739 | 41.1% | 35.6% | |
| Curveball | 208 | 82.4 | 2,405 | 42.3% | 35.7% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 131.2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 109 | 55 | 148 | 55 | 3.76 | 3.84 | 1.25 | 10.1 | 3.8 | 90 | 92 | 1.8 | |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 142.2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 131 | 80 | 127 | 56 | 5.05 | 4.35 | 1.31 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 121 | 105 | 1.1 | |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 138.0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 122 | 63 | 154 | 47 | 4.11 | 4.09 | 1.22 | 10.0 | 3.1 | 101 | 100 | 1.4 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.