Pitcher · 2026

Grant Taylor

Chicago White Sox American League Central

Age: 24
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 230 lb
Number: #31

Born: May 20, 2002 in Florence, AL, USA
MLB debut: June 10, 2025
Drafted: 2023, round 2
College: Louisiana State
High school: Florence

dbWAR: 2.9
IP: 59.1
ERA: 2.28
FIP: 2.35
K/9: 11.8
FIP−: 56

Grant Taylor is a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2026 he struck out 78 batters over 59.1 innings across 43 appearances, going 4-2. His ERA of 2.28 was 45.5% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the best on his team, and 38th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.35 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 28.4% of swings (13.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 32.6%. His 1.5 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.

FIP2.35

K/911.8

WHIP1.03

WAR1.5

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	129	117	21	2	11	43	.179	.248	.265	.236	33.3%
vs RHB	110	100	21	2	8	35	.210	.273	.310	.263	31.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Grant Taylor 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	47.8%	460	98.2	2,343	54.8%	28.3%
Curveball	27.7%	266	83.8	2,504	52.3%	35.2%
Slider	14.7%	141	89.4	2,619	46.1%	31.3%
Sinker	9.5%	91	98.9	2,288	53.8%	14.0%

Grant Taylor'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
2026	43	4	59.1	4	2	6	42	15	78	19	2.28	2.35	1.03	11.8	2.9	54	56	1.5
2025	36	2	36.2	2	4	6	37	20	54	15	4.91	1.42	1.42	13.3	3.7	118	34	1.3

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Similar players

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

Cade SmithCLE

ERA: 2.36
FIP: 2.36
SO: 74
WAR: 1.3

Very close

Didier FuentesATL

ERA: 2.49
FIP: 2.30
SO: 65
WAR: 1.3

Very close

Juan MorilloAZ

ERA: 2.47
FIP: 2.41
SO: 56
WAR: 1.2

Very close

Tanner ScottLAD

ERA: 2.31
FIP: 2.34
SO: 60
WAR: 1.2

Very close

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.