Tayler Saucedo #16

Tayler Andrew Saucedo...born on June 18, 1993 in Honolulu, Hawaii...attended Tahoma High School (Maple Valley, Wash.)...resides in Maple Valley, Wash...Selected by Toronto in the 21st round of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Tennessee Wesleyan College...spent freshman year of college at Tacoma Community College (Tacoma, Wash.).

2024

Went 2-0 with three saves, a 3.49 ERA (15 ER, 38.2 IP), 18 walks, 38 strikeouts and a 1.37 WHIP in 53 games...Earned his 100th career strikeout during his appearance on Sept. 28 against the Oakland Athletics...Reached a career-high 2.2 innings pitched on April 7 vs. Milwaukee Brewers...Didn’t allow a run from 6/20-7/29 over 12 appearances, walking five batters and striking out 13 on six hits...held opponents to a .176 (6x34) average and holding a 1.14 WHIP...Threw six pitches in 2023: sinker (45.4%), changeup (23.5%), slider (14.4%), sweeper (10.2%), 4-seam fastball (3.8%), curveball (2.7%)...Hit career-highs with a 33.1% hard-hit rate and a 4.6% barrel rate this season...In September went nine appearances with zero runs allowed across 5.2 innings pitched, walking one batter and striking out 6 with a .706 WHIP... In 18 appearances against AL West opponents to a 1.50 ERA ( 2 ER, 12.0 IP), six walks and 15 strikeouts...From the beginning of the season through the All-Star break (3/30- 7/14) had a 2.22 ERA (6 ER, 24.1 IP), 10 walks, 25 strikeouts and a 1.23 WHIP in 31 appearances...Did not allow a run in 42 of 53 appearances this season...only had two outing allowing 2+ runs...Earned all three of his saves this season pitching 0.1 innings in each appearance...Was placed on the 15-day Injured List on May 8 with a right knee hyperextension.

2023

Went 3-2 with one save, a 3.59 ERA (19 ER, 47.2 IP), 23 walks, 43 strikeouts and a 1.34 WHIP in 52 games...Was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on April 18 and made his Mariners debut on Aug. 19, tossing a scoreless inning with one hit allowed and one strikeout against Milwaukee...Earned first career win on May 6 vs. Houston, tossing a scoreless inning with two strikeouts...Did not allow an earned run over his first 10 appearances from April 19-May 24, tossing nine innings with six hits allowed, one walk and 10 strikeouts, holding opponents to a .400 OPS...Earned first career save on Aug. 15 at Kansas City, tossing scoreless 10th inning to secure a 10-8 win...In 23 appearances from June 11-Aug. 15, went 1-1 with one save, a 1.14 ERA (3 ER, 23.2 IP) with 13 walks and 21 strikeouts...Had career-highs in nearly every category, including appearances (52), innings (47.2), and strikeouts (43)...previous career-highs in each of those categories came in 2021 with Toronto...Matched his career-high of two innings pitched four times in 2023: June 3 at Texas, July 15 vs. Detroit, July 18 vs. Minnesota and Aug. 6 at Los Angeles-AL...had previously tossed two innings in a game one time (July 19, 2021 vs. Boston with Toronto)...Held left-handed hitters to a .210 (13x62) average with 0 home runs and an .516 OPS...righties hit .248 (28x113) with two home runs and a .720 OPS...Allowed just two home runs, one of 19 pitchers with 40.0+ innings pitched to allow two-or-fewer homers...Had a 58.5% ground ball rate, which ranked 6th among AL relievers (min. 40.0 IP)...Did not allow a run in 41 of 52 appearances.

2022

Went 0-0 with a 13.50 ERA (4 ER, 2.2 IP) in four Major League appearances with the Blue Jays...- Placed on the 10-day Injured List with right hip discomfort April 30...later transferred to the 60-day IL on June 29 and spent the rest of the season...Made 21 appearances on an MLB rehab assignment between Triple-A Buffalo and Rookie Florida Complex League Blue Jays...made 20 appearances with Buffalo going 1-0 with one save and a 2.37 ERA (5 ER, 19.0 IP), striking out 28.

2021

Allowed just five hits to lefty batters (5-for-36) for a .139 average during his 29 games with Toronto... Had his contract selected on June 12 from Triple-A Buffalo and made his MLB debut June 17 vs. NYY, retiring all three batters he faced on 14 pitches (1.0 IP, K)... Fanned Miguel Andújar for his first career strikeout... Made his only 2.0-inning appearance on July 19 vs. BOS and struck out a personal-best three batters... Optioned on Aug. 1, Sept. 11, and Sept. 23...Recalled on Aug. 4 and Sept. 19... Made 12 appearances for the Bisons, going 2-1 with a 1.96 ERA (4 ER/18.1 IP) and a 0.93 WHIP (15H, 2BB, 25K).

2020

Did not appear in a game due to cancellation of the 2020 minor league season (COVID-19).

2019

Spent the majority of 2019 with Triple-A Buffalo (24G, 7GS) around a stint at New Hampshire (12G, 1GS), combining to go 8-2 with a 3.61 ERA (33 ER, 82.1 IP) over 36 appearances (8 starts).

2018

Split the 2018 season between Dunedin and Double-A New Hampshire, going a combined 10-9 with a 4.21 ERA (69 ER, 147.2 IP) over 26 starts.

2017

Started the 2017 season at Lansing before being promoted to High-A Dunedin in June, combining to go 5-3 with a 4.48 ERA (48 ER, 96.1 IP) over 33 games (13 starts).

2016

Spent the entire 2016 season at Single-A Lansing, finishing the campaign 8-11 with a 5.91 ERA (79 ER, 120.1 IP) over 28 games (16 starts).

2015

Split his 1st professional season between Rookie-level Bluefield and Short-A Vancouver, combining to go 4-2 with a 2.48 ERA (16 ER, 58.0 IP) over 13 appearances (9 starts).