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Taillion piled up seven strikeouts on the night while issuing two free passes. He held the Bucs off the board entirely through the first six innings until they broke through for two runs by singling him to death in the seventh inning. The 33-year-old right-hander got nine swings and misses on 92 pitches on the night, posting a strong CSW of 33 percent. Now 7-3 on the season, he’ll bring an impressive 3.48 ERA and 0.98 WHIP (82 2/3 innings) into Wednesday’s matchup against the Brewers.

Taillon struck out five and walked one. He’s done a great job producing soft contact all season and today was probably his best showing yet in that regard; he allowed just two hard-hit balls, neither of which exceeded 100 mph. He got 11 outs in the air, the farthest of which was hit 327 feet. The win makes him 6-3 with a 3.54 ERA. We still don’t love him as a full-time mixed-league option, but he’ll be a nice play against the Pirates next week.

Except for a 117.4-mph Elly De La Cruz homer, Taillon did well to avoid hard contact while allowing just three hits and striking out only two today. It’s really the story of his season thus far. He’s given up 16 homers, but he’s also getting a ton of routine outs on flyballs; he entered the day with the eighth lowest average exit velocity allowed of 79 qualified pitchers. He’ll carry a 5-3 record and a 3.76 ERA into his next start in Detroit.

Taillon is up to seven quality starts in 11 tries, with a couple of near misses mixed in, and he could easily be better than 4-3 with his 3.86 ERA. An easy schedule has helped of late, and he’s still going to be a shaky play in mixed leagues most weeks. He’ll likely make his next start at home Sunday against the Reds.

Taillon had only two strikeouts and four whiffs, all on his changeup, in the contest, but he induced a bunch of lazy flyballs from Marlins hitters. The one real exception was Nick Fortes’ solo homer in the third. The win makes him 3-3 with a 4.13 ERA. He’s not recommended in mixed leagues most weeks, but his easy run in the schedule here will continue next time out with a home start against the Rockies.

Taillon was victimized by the home run ball for the second consecutive start. He’s now allowed seven in his past two outings, but they didn’t hurt him so badly here since each was just a solo shot. Kyle Stowers accounted for two of them, first on a cutter that sat in the middle of the plate and then on a fastball up-and-in that he muscled over the right field fence. Between those, Agustín Ramírez tattooed a hanging sweeper. Nevertheless, Taillon’s ability to keep runners off base allowed him to wind up with a quality start. He’s scheduled to face these same Marlins next time out.

This game got off to a bad start for Taillon as Francisco Lindor blasted a lead-off home run and things never got easier. In all, he allowed four homers – all to left-handed batters – and threw exactly 25 pitches in each of his four innings of work. While that’s mind-blowing, it also goes to show how few easy moments he had. He’ll try to right the ship in his next scheduled start against the Marlins.

It’s rare for pitchers to wind up with more strikeouts than whiffs, but Taillon had five while generating only four missed swings today. That’s because a full quarter of his 88 pitches were called strikes, giving him a 30% CSW. Taillon moved to 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA. He seems like a weak play in mixed leagues with the Mets next on the schedule.

The right-hander struck out two batters on the evening and did not issue a free pass. He induced a ton of weak contact and kept the Phillies’ hitters off-balance for much of the evening. The only run that scored against him came on an RBI single by Trea Turner in the third inning. Taillon got just four whiffs on 88 pitches on the night, registering a CSW of 20 percent. The 33-year-old hurler now boasts a 4.05 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and a 26/7 K/BB ratio over 33 2/3 innings through his first six starts on the season. He’ll take on the Brewers his next time out in Milwaukee on Saturday.

There was a first-inning rain delay while Taillon was on the mound, but it probably didn’t shorten his outing at all. He allowed three hits, walked two and struck out six in the 87-pitch start. By not giving up a homer for the first time this season, he lowered his ERA from 5.40 to 4.73. He’s due to face the Phillies next time out.