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Taylor Walls

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Fri, Mar 21
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Taylor Walls has more than 1,200 plate appearances in his major league career and has a paltry .188/.288/.293 triple-slash line to show for it. His redeeming qualities are a patient approach at the plate with good strikezone discipline and a strong stolen base success rate. That is where the compliments cease, because everything else about his offense is terrible, and even his defense is no longer showing the promise it once did. The loss of the franchise shortstop helped keep Walls playing in 2024 around his injuries, and the lack of a ready-made utility infielder in Tampa Bay is maybe what saves Walls from The Turk this spring training. Carson Williams is obviously the next man up, but he has seen all of four games in Triple-A, and the Rays are notorious for leaving their prospects in the system to fully bake. Walls will run when he reaches base, but therein lies the problem. Walls, despite a 12.1 percent career walk rate, has a career .288 OBP, and only Austin Hedges has a worse batting average. This is a backup catcher getting way too many at bats because the organization doesn't have another versatile option any better than him. One of Walls or Osleivis Basabe should make the club and one likely will get sent to Durham once camp breaks. Neither belongs on your fantasy roster.

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2024 120.51.4 27 1 14 31 16 .184
2023 2292.3 50 8 36 44 22 .201
3y Avg. 187.51.7 43 6 28 42 16 .185
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Back in lineup Thursday

    Rotowire
    Walls (quadriceps) is in the lineup for Thursday's Grapefruit League game against the Nationals, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports. Walls will return to action for the first time since March 8, having turned the page on the quad issue. Known more for his glove than his bat, Walls is expected to serve as the Rays' primary shortstop until offseason addition Ha-Seong Kim (shoulder) is ready to return. Kim is said to be targeting late May for his 2025 debut.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Battling quad injury

    Rotowire
    Walls left Saturday's Grapefruit League game with a quad injury, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. The injury is expected to be minor, as Walls is projected to return to the lineup Thursday. He had a solid spring prior to being sidelined, collecting five hits across 16 at-bats -- albeit with only one extra-base hit. Walls is slated to begin the season as the Rays' starting shortstop with Ha-Seong Kim (shoulder) sidelined.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Sitting Sunday

    Rotowire
    Walls is absent from Sunday's lineup against Boston, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Jose Caballero will start at shortstop and bat eighth in Tampa Bay's regular-season finale. Unless he pinch hits Sunday, Walls will end the year having slashed .183/.282/.248 with 16 stolen bases, one home run and 14 RBI over 252 plate appearances.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Idle Friday

    Rotowire
    Walls is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Red Sox. Walls will yield to Jose Caballero at shortstop for the second time in three games. In September, Walls is 12-for-50 (.240) with five stolen bases, eight runs and seven RBI.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Heading back to bench Wednesday

    Rotowire
    Walls is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers. Walls will hit the bench after a stretch of three consecutive starts and five starts in the past six games. The infielder has produced a weak .546 OPS in September, but that mark is actually an improvement over his season-long OPS of .519. He continues to see semi-regular playing time largely because of his defensive work.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Out of Sunday's lineup

    Rotowire
    Walls is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians. Walls started Friday and Saturday and will sit for Sunday's series finale after going 1-for-7 with three strikeouts. Jose Caballero is starting at shortstop and batting seventh.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Resting Thursday

    Rotowire
    Walls isn't in the Rays' lineup for Thursday's game versus Cleveland, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Walls will take a seat Thursday after going 1-for-3 with an RBI during Wednesday's game against the Phillies. In his place, Jose Caballero will start at shortstop and bat sixth.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Getting sixth straight start

    Rotowire
    Walls will start at shortstop and bat seventh in Monday's game against the Phillies, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Walls will pick up his sixth consecutive start at shortstop and may have at least temporarily reclaimed a near-everyday role from Jose Caballero. The Rays will have room in the middle infield for both players while Brandon Lowe (finger) is on the bench Monday for a fourth straight game, but Walls has made a case for continuing to see regular playing time once Lowe returns. Over his last five starts, Walls has gone 5-for-15 with a home run, three walks, five RBI, four runs and two stolen bases.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Fills stat sheet in win

    Rotowire
    Walls went 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBI, an additional run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 7-1 win over the Orioles. Walls had his best game of the season Saturday, homering for the first time this year in the third inning and swiping his 13th bag in the eighth. The shortstop has produced on just six hits in his past 10 games, scoring six times while driving in seven runs. On the season, he is hitting just .178 with 12 RBI and 23 runs scored across 212 plate appearances.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Rare offensive spark

    Rotowire
    Walls went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored Friday against the Padres. Walls delivered a two-RBI single in the second inning, bringing his total on the season to only seven RBI across 193 plate appearances. He remains in a semi-regular role at shortstop for Tampa Bay and has stolen 11 bases on the season, but he otherwise offers a poor fantasy profile.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Taking seat Saturday

    Rotowire
    Walls is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Dodgers. Walls had started six of the Rays' last seven games, but he'll give way to Jose Caballero at shortstop Saturday. Walls is 11-for-48 (.229) with five runs, six stolen bases and more walks (six) than strikeouts (four) in August.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Resting Saturday

    Rotowire
    Walls isn't in the Rays' lineup for Saturday's game against Baltimore, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Walls owns a .157/.283/.198 slash line through 145 plate appearances on the season, and he'll step out of the lineup against the formidable Corbin Burnes. Jose Caballero will shift to shortstop in Walls' place while Curtis Mead starts at the hot corner.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Picks up steal in win

    Rotowire
    Walls went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Astros. Walls recorded just his fifth hit in his last 16 games. Despite the struggles with getting on base, he's logged three steals during his slump, in part thanks to drawing eight walks over those contests. He's posted a punchless .156/.277/.193 slash line with no home runs, six steals, four RBI and 12 runs scored over 130 plate appearances this year. He appears to still be the Rays' preferred shortstop despite adding nothing with the bat and also being a poor fielder -- per Statcast, he has recorded a -4 mark in Outs Above Average in his first year exclusively at the position.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Idle Friday

    Rotowire
    Walls isn't in the Rays' lineup for Friday's game against the Astros, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Walls has gone just 1-for-14 with nine strikeouts over his last five games, and he'll now get a day off to regroup. Jose Caballero will slide over to cover shortstop while Curtis Mead starts at the hot corner.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Sitting Saturday

    Rotowire
    Walls is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against Cincinnati, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Walls will get a breather Saturday after going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in Friday's 3-2 loss to Cincinnati. Jose Caballero will start at shortstop Saturday and bat seventh against Reds southpaw Andrew Abbott.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Receiving Monday off

    Rotowire
    Walls is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Yankees, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Walls will get a breather for Monday's day game after he started each of the first three contests of the series versus the Yankees, going 1-for-7 with a double, three walks, a stolen base and a run. Jose Caballero will step in for Walls at shortstop.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Resting Thursday

    Rotowire
    Walls isn't in the Rays' lineup Thursday versus the Yankees, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. After going 2-for-3 during Wednesday's loss, Walls will take a seat for Thursday's series finale against Nestor Cortes. Jose Caballero will get the nod to start at shortstop instead.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Getting afternoon off

    Rotowire
    Walls is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers. Walls will hit the bench for the series finale after he started each of the past three games while going 2-for-11 with a walk, an RBI and a run. Jose Caballero steps in for Walls at shortstop.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Heading bench Wednesday

    Rotowire
    Walls is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game at Kansas City. Walls started the previous four games but will sit Wednesday after going 1-for-10 with three walks and five strikeouts during that stretch. Jose Caballero will take over at shortstop and bat eighth.
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  • Rays' Taylor Walls: Day off Wednesday

    Rotowire
    Walls is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Mariners, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Walls had a rare big night offensively in Tuesday's 11-3 win over Seattle, going 3-for-4 with a triple, two RBI and a run scored. He'll begin Wednesday's game on the bench, enabling Jose Caballero to pick up a start at shortstop.
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