Samad Taylor 2026 Padres · LF · bats R · throws R · 102 PA
Grade
Contact Quality: 12th percentile Power: 18th percentile Discipline: 87th percentile Contact: 16th percentile Hard Contact: 8th percentile F 12th percentile contact quality
Patient Contact Works counts and puts the ball in play; modest slug.
Gets on base by working the count Samad Taylor walks at a near-elite clip — better than 87% of qualified hitters. The contact is soft, though — only 8% of qualified hitters hit the ball with less authority.
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better. Percentiles vs. 463 qualified hitters. Data through 2026-07-09. Plays like… Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.
What drives it What drives it Every plate appearance ends one of three ways: a strikeout (0 bases), a walk (1 base), or a ball in play worth its estimated bases. The bar splits his value into those pieces, versus the league. More bases is better. In the table, 100th percentile = best in MLB.
Bases per plate appearance
Samad Taylor League Percentile Bases per ball in play(higher = better) .443 .507 12th Walk rate(higher = better) 12% 8% 87th Strikeout rate(fewer = better) 29% 23% 16th
How he hits Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage to Center.
Best batted balls Where every ball Samad Taylor put in play landed this season. Dots are colored by estimated bases (EB) — pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory). Filled dots are hits; hollow rings are outs — a dark ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught.Hover a dot or a row to link the two; click to watch on Baseball Savant.
Contact & results 2026 · 60 balls in play What kind of contact he makes, and what it turns into. Top bar: his contact mix (grounders, liners, fly balls, pop-ups). Each sits over the thin league-average bar. Below, the rates he puts up — each dot is his mark, the dashed line league median, the teal tick league’s best. Further right is better. Hover or tab any bar or dot for exact values. Starred rows (*) are approximate.
OPS*
.820
lg .697 best 1.033
BABIP
.491
lg .286 best .491
* Approximate: sacrifice flies and bunts aren't distinguishable in our data, so every ball in play counts as an at-bat. Slightly off official figures.
Best games Best games His best games this season by estimated bases.
Trends Multi-season trends · Samad Taylor Seasons 2026 week by week
Trending up: power, walk rate
EB/PAi — steady steady vs last season — About the same as his previous season ↓ CSV Estimated bases per plate appearance — higher = more offensive value
HR%i ▲ improving improving vs last season — Hitting home runs more often than his previous season ↓ CSV Home runs per plate appearance — higher = more power
BB%i ▲ improving improving vs last season — Walking more often than his previous season ↓ CSV Walks per plate appearance — higher = more plate discipline
K%i — steady steady vs last season — About the same as his previous season ↓ CSV Strikeouts per plate appearance — lower = better contact
