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Grant Taylor
B/T R/R · 6' 3" · 230 lb · born Florence, AL, USA · age 24 · draft 2023 rd 2 · played P 60 · MLB debut 2025-06-10
336 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Grant Taylor is a 24-year-old right-hander from Florence, Alabama, a 2023 second-round pick with 157 strikeouts in 95 career MLB games. His last four MLB outings produced six strikeouts, which is right in line with the rate he has carried since he arrived.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Not statedA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- Service time
- 1 yr 111 d
- Options left
- 3 / 3
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 |
| Tax hit | — | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Chicago White Sox.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $0.79M
- Guaranteed
- $0.79M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Pre-Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Minimum | Minimum | Minimum | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
The Wire
△ On the field: Flagged as potential risers in 2027 redraft rankings among fantasy-relevant names.
X chatter, trailing 2 days · as of 2026-10-12 · newest post 2026-10-11 · summarized by Grok (xAI) · how this works →
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The Bureau on Grant Taylor
The scouting press, in their own words
Updated story: Candidate pool for A’s also includes Brewers AGM Matt Kleine and Red Sox AGM Taylor Smith. Cardinals assistant GM Rob Cerfolio interviewed, but is in mix for Cardinals GM job under Chaim Bloom. With @PJ_Mooney, unlocked and free to read. https://t.co/XQxV1NvhPW
Banner is a former Red Sox exec. A's also had talks with AGMs Mike Groopman and Taylor Smith, as @Sean_McAdam reported. https://t.co/Enr1eQuQ8t
Grant Taylor has the ball to begin the 9th. The Sox also have Hudson & Martin warming. High drama in Cleveland. @MLBNetwork
Umpire favor
+1.6 net runs over 39 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The postseason
Grant Taylor’s playoff games, each on its reconciled card. Kept apart from the season line below — none of it is counted in a season number on this page.
- AL Division Series, Game 5 · CWS vs. CLE · 1.0 IP, 0 K, 0 ER
- AL Division Series, Game 4 · CWS vs. CLE · 0.0 IP, 0 K, 4 ER
- AL Division Series, Game 2 · CWS vs. CLE · 1.1 IP, 0 K, 0 ER
- AL Division Series, Game 1 · CWS vs. CLE · 4.0 IP, 6 K, 0 ER
- AL Wild Card Series, Game 1 · CWS vs. HOU · 2.1 IP, 5 K, 0 ER
The line
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