Taijuan Walker Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 4" / 235 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 8/13/1992 (30)
- Experience
- 7
- College
- None
Taijuan Walker Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Taijuan Walker News
New York Mets right-hander Taijuan Walker (finger) will start Sunday's game against the Miami Marlins. He dealt with a blister on his right index finger in his last start Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 30-year-old owns a 10-4 record, a 3.60 ERA, 1.23 WHIP and a 96:40 K:BB across 127 2/3 innings in 2022. The right-hander won't miss a turn in the rotation and will start Sunday's game. Fantasy managers can use Walker as a streamer in all league formats, but he has allowed 11 earned runs over his last five appearances.
New York Mets manager Buck Showalter said that starting pitcher Taijuan Walker (back) will start on Tuesday against the New York Yankees. Walker wasn't able to make his scheduled start on Sunday against the division-rival Philadelphia Phillies after he was forced from his previous start early last Tuesday with back spasms, but he'll instead return this week in a tough matchup against the Bronx Bombers. With Walker returning, the Yankees will avoid facing right-hander Jacob deGrom in this series. Walker has gone 10-3 with a 3.36 ERA (3.67 FIP), 1.20 WHIP, 85 strikeouts and 33 walks in 112 1/3 innings over his 21 starts for the Mets, but he'll be extra risky this week against the Yanks. In three starts this month, the 30-year-old has allowed 10 earned runs on 13 hits in just nine innings.
New York Mets starting pitcher Taijuan Walker (back) will not make his next scheduled start on Sunday against the division-rival Philadelphia Phillies, but he's "doing well," according to skipper Buck Showalter. Walker will avoid a trip to the injured list for now. The Mets were optimistic earlier this week that the 30-year-old right-hander would be able to make his start on Sunday after leaving his last start on Tuesday early with back spasms. An MRI exam on Wednesday showed no structural damage in his back, so fantasy managers are hoping he'll end up missing just the one start. Walker allowed eight runs in just one innings on Aug. 5 against the Atlanta Braves, but he's given up two earned runs in eight innings since in two other starts in the month. He should remain rostered in all fantasy leagues, although he'll be a bit more shaky his next time out due to the injury.
Batting Order
| 1 | Brandon Nimmo |
| 2 | Francisco Lindor |
| 3 | Jeff McNeil |
| 4 | Pete Alonso |
| 5 | Eduardo Escobar |
| 6 | Daniel Vogelbach |
| 7 | Mark Canha |
| 8 | Tyler Naquin |
| 9 | Tomás Nido |
Taijuan Walker Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Brandon Nimmo |
| 2 | Francisco Lindor |
| 3 | Jeff McNeil |
| 4 | Pete Alonso |
| 5 | Eduardo Escobar |
| 6 | Daniel Vogelbach |
| 7 | Mark Canha |
| 8 | Tyler Naquin |
| 9 | Tomás Nido |
After posting a fine 2.70 ERA in 11 starts during the shortened 2020 season with the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners after returning from Tommy John surgery the previous year, right-hander Taijuan Walker signed a two-year, $20 million deal to join the New York Mets rotation. Finally healthy again, he struck out 50 hitters in 53 1/3 innings. The former first-rounder in 2010 had a 3.84 career ERA in eight years in Seattle, Arizona and Toronto, but injuries have been an issue and the closest he's come to a full season was in 2015 when he started 29 games over 169 2/3 frames. Don't let his 2.70 ERA from 2020 fool you, though, as he had a 4.56 FIP and an 8.4 percent walk rate. Walker was also fortunate to have a .243 BABIP against, which led to a .213 opponent's average. The 28-year-old relied less on his four-seam fastball (50.3 percent) and more on his slider (21.6 percent), but Walker will need to show better command of his secondary pitches to be anything more than rotation depth in deep mixed leagues in 2021.
