Tyrone Taylor Grades & Analysis — CF | Mets

Height

6'0"

Weight

218 lbs

Age

College

N/A

Draft

2012, Rd 2, #92

Experience

7 yrs

Bats/Throws

R/R

Bottom 5%CVI

Bottom 5%Performance

D-

Bottom 12%Sentiment

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Career StatsF

Year	Team	GP	AVG	HR	RBI	OPS	SB	H
Career		598	0.23667513	52	205	0.7023703	41	373

Current Contract

Length

1 year

Total Value

$3.8M

Guaranteed

$2.3M

AAV

$3.8M/yr

Guaranteed %60%

Performance Analysis

FCA+

Tyrone Taylor grades as an above average performer among MLB center fielders, earning a B Performance grade. He is hitting with a 0.238 batting average and a 0.706 OPS (below the league average of .720) this season. With 50 home runs and 198 RBI through 574 games (a 14-HR, 56-RBI pace over a full season), he brings limited power to the lineup. His 41 stolen bases add an elite speed dimension that creates additional offensive value. As a prime-age veteran at 32, Tyrone is a key contributor for the Mets. A 574-game sample provides high confidence in this grade.

Fan & Media Sentiment

D-

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Tyrone Taylor's public standing is exactly where you'd expect for a 32-year-old depth piece on a struggling ballclub — tepid at best, borderline invisible at worst. The narrative around him is defined almost entirely by his $3.8M one-year deal struck to avoid arbitration, a contract that signals the Mets view him as a roster safety net rather than a core contributor, and media coverage has reflected that cautious organizational posture with a near-total absence of enthusiasm. That muted perception is entirely consistent with his on-field performance grade, which rates at the bottom of the scale — there is simply no production argument strong enough to shift the discourse in his favor, despite flashes of power that have surfaced in recent coverage. Meanwhile, the Mets have been aggressively patching their roster around him, signing Luis Robert Jr. to a center field role and adding pieces at shortstop and the rotation, which only further clouds Taylor's path to regular playing time and underscores how the organization is actively looking elsewhere for answers. With New York sitting at 13-22 and already deep in a hole in the National League East, the franchise urgency to find legitimate contributors makes a marginal role player's narrative even harder to elevate. The bottom line: Taylor is a seven-year veteran with legitimate athleticism and occasional pop, but right now the conversation around him amounts to quiet organizational concern dressed up as cautious optimism, and until either his performance forces the issue or the roster situation creates an opening, that D- sentiment is unlikely to move.

Recent Games

Date	OPP	Result	AB	H	R	HR	RBI	BB	SO
Sat, 5/9	@ ARI	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thu, 5/7	@ COL	L 2-6	2	1	0	0	1	0	1

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About this player

Tyrone Taylor is a player in his 7th MLB season listed at CF for the Mets. FanVerdicts maintains four independent grades for every MLB player on an active roster — Contract Value Index for the deal itself, Performance for on-field production, Sentiment for media and fan reaction, and Fan Verdict for community voting. Current grades for Tyrone Taylor: Contract Value Index F, Performance F, Sentiment D-, Fan Verdict pending.

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