BIOGRAPHY
Taylor Walls was born July 10, 1996, in Cordele, Georgia. He is a shortstop in the MLB.
Walls attended Crisp County High School in Cordele, Georgia, where he played baseball. In 2014, his senior year, he hit over .400 while pitching to a 0.70 ERA. Undrafted in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, Walls enrolled at Florida State University where he played college baseball.
In 2015, Wall's freshman year at Florida State, he earned a starting spot, and started all 65 of FSU's games, batting .220 with 22 RBIs and seven stolen bases. As a sophomore in 2016, Walls greatly improved, slashing .355/.479/.516 with six home runs, 46 RBIs, and 14 stolen bases over 63 starts, earning All-ACC Second Team honors. In 2017, his junior season, Walls started 68 of FSU's 69 games, hitting .273 with eight home runs and 47 RBIs. After the season, Walls was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the third round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.
Walls signed with the Rays and made his professional debut with the Hudson Valley Renegades, batting .213 with one home run over 46 games. In 2018, Walls played with the Bowling Green Hot Rods (with whom he earned Midwest League All-Star honors), slashing .304/.393/.428 with six home runs, 57 RBIs, and 31 stolen bases over 120 games. Walls started the 2019 season with the Charlotte Stone Crabs, being named a Florida State League All-Star.
On May 22, 2021, Walls was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He made his debut that day and recorded his first MLB hit, a double off of Toronto Blue Jays starter Robbie Ray, during the game. Walls ended the 2021 season with Tampa Bay slashing .211/.314/.296 with one home run, 15 RBIs, and ten doubles over 152 at-bats.
