OVERALL GRADE
D+ Developing
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PLAYER PROFILE
Samad Taylor
Left Field • Right Field • San Diego Padres
Bats:
Right
Throws:
Right
Age:
28
Height:
5' 8"
Weight:
160 lbs
COMPLETE BASEBALL EVALUATION
Player IQ
A role-aware evaluation of performance, history, durability, defensive responsibility, athletic value, decision-making proxies, and winning situational impact.
OVERALL PLAYER IQ
68 Out of 100BASEBALL ROLE
Outfielder
LF · San Diego Padres
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
COMPLETE PLAYER READ
The evaluation on Samad Taylor
Samad Taylor currently grades as a developing baseball player in the Baseball IQ 4.3 model. The strongest supported category is Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions (82/100), while Situational and Winning Impact (68/100) is the clearest current improvement area. Recent official form is stable, and the final evaluation combines production, role, history, durability, decision-making proxies, defense, athletic value, and situational impact.
WHAT THE MODEL USES
- Official current production and league context
- Career excellence, experience, awards and postseason history
- Durability and workload history
- Verified defensive and multi-position usage
- Baserunning and athletic-performance proxies
- Role-specific decisions, pitch recognition, command and pitchability proxies
- Situational and recent-form evidence
STRONGEST VERIFIED AREAS
- Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions
- Defense, Range and Arm Context
- Position and Role Value
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
- Development Trend
- Durability
- Situational and Winning Impact
CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
Why the overall evaluation landed here
Last-X-games OPS (.775) is compared with the full-season OPS (.775).
Current Baseball Value
70
59th percentile context
Built from official MLB percentile context for OPS, OBP, SLG, average, power, and run creation.
Career Knowledge and Proven Impact
68
Career history includes 74 games, 52 hits, 1 home runs and verified postseason context. Official recognition includes 0 elite awards and 2 major awards or championship records across 4 supported entries. No verified MLB postseason hitting sample was available.
Consistency
68
Built from official game logs by comparing each appearance with the player's own per-game baseline.
Development Trend
68
Last-X-games OPS (.775) is compared with the full-season OPS (.775).
Position and Role Value
76
Based on the official primary role/position (LF) plus verified multi-position usage.
Durability
68
Built from official workload: 36 games and 137 plate appearances.
Hitting Decisions and Pitch Recognition
70
57th percentile context
Uses official walk rate, strikeout rate, and on-base context to explain how often the hitter controls plate appearances.
Defense, Range and Arm Context
78
Built from official fielding positions, innings, and verified multi-position usage.
Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions
82
Uses official stolen-base volume, success rate, and triples as a public baserunning proxy.
Situational and Winning Impact
68
Compares the official RISP OPS (.607) with the full-season OPS (.775).
Accuracy safeguard — IQDugout does not invent Leadership and clubhouse impact, Confidence and mental toughness, Unpublished private scouting measurements, Private clubhouse and leadership evaluations when verified evidence is unavailable. Those areas remain clearly labeled rather than receiving false precision.
DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT
MiLB Intelligence
READINESS
Minor-League Assignment
The official assignment is Major League Baseball. IQDugout displays the assignment as development context, not as an MLB-readiness grade.
CALL-UP OUTLOOK
Not Determined
Level alone cannot support an individual call-up judgment. Performance, health, roster status, role fit, and organization need would also have to be evaluated.
PROJECTION
Left Fielder
This is the player's currently listed role or position context, not a prediction of a future MLB role.
DEVELOPMENT RISK
Not Graded
Development risk is not graded from league level or draft year alone.
Ceiling is withheld until supported player-specific scouting or performance evidence is available.
Floor is withheld because a league assignment does not establish a player's likely outcome.
Organization rank: Unavailable from current official MLB data
No exact or broad ETA is shown without supported individual performance, development, health, and roster evidence.
DEVELOPMENT TREND
Development Assignment
The current official assignment is Major League Baseball. Assignment level is factual context and is not treated as proof of promotion readiness.
IMPROVEMENT AREAS
- Evaluate sustained performance with level and age context
- Review role fit, health, roster status, and organization need
SCOUT REPORT
No official prospect blurb is available from the current data source. Public data confirm a Major League Baseball assignment and a listed left fielder context only. IQDugout is not inferring MLB readiness, ceiling, floor, risk, or ETA from the player's level.
2026 HITTING
Hitting Statistics
AVG
.311
Would rank #2
Top 1% vs qualifiers
Hits divided by at-bats.
OBP
.388
Would rank #5
Top 3% vs qualifiers
Rate of reaching via a hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch in official OBP opportunities.
SLG
.387
Would rank #104
Top 76% vs qualifiers
Total bases per at-bat.
OPS
.775
Would rank #57
Top 41% vs qualifiers
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage.
HR
1
#466 MLB
Top 71%
RBI
11
#418 MLB
Top 63%
H
37
#362 MLB
Top 55%
SB
9
#108 MLB
Top 16%
VERIFIED CAREER CONTEXT
Player Career Hub
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UNDERSTAND THE PLAYER
Scout Report
ARCHETYPE
Outfielder
Available current-season rate statistics are compared directionally with the qualified MLB hitter pool. These are not official rankings.
DATA CONFIDENCE
Moderate confidence
Compared with qualified MLB hitters, but this is not an official qualified ranking.
STRENGTHS
Verified indicators
Percentile-based strengths are withheld until the player officially qualifies.
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Areas to monitor
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Slugging Production Directional comparison
Why: Directional comparison (137 PA across 36 games): .387 SLG would place #104 against 137 qualified MLB hitters (24th percentile). This is not an official rank.
VERSATILITY
Limited multi-position usage
- Primary role or position
- Left Field
- Position / role entries
- 2
- Verified secondary positions
- Right Field
This report summarizes available 2026 MLB statistics and official position information and available season usage. Non-qualified comparisons are directional, not official leaderboard ranks. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from official MLB comparison pools. Confidence reflects sample size, qualification, and supported comparison coverage. Versatility labels summarize verified position usage and are not league benchmarks. This is a current-data evaluation, not a projection.