Tyrone Taylor DVOA, Advanced Stats, & Fantasy Rankings

New York Mets outfielder Tyrone Taylor is out of the team's starting lineup for Monday's series opener against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates at Citi Field. Jeff McNeil is starting in center field and is batting sixth against Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes. Taylor will get a day of rest after starting in each of the team's last seven games. The 31-year-old veteran has been the Mets' preferred option in center field this year, but he's offered fantasy managers in NL-only leagues very little with one home run, six RBI, 15 runs scored and three steals while batting .241 (26-for-108). In 10 games so far in May, he's gone 8-for-27 (.296) with two doubles, a triple, a steal and six runs scored. After getting a late start to 2025 due to injury, McNeil has gone 9-for-39 with two homers, six RBI and four runs for the Mets. Although he has a homer in three career at-bats against Skenes, he'll be a fade in DFS on Monday.

New York Mets outfielder Tyrone Taylor is starting in center field again and will bat seventh on Tuesday against the division-rival Miami Marlins and right-hander Connor Gillispie at Citi Field. It's Taylor's second straight start for the Mets in center field after he went 2-for-4 with an RBI in Monday's victory over the Fish. If the 31-year-old continues to hit well, he could easily take over the starting duties in center field after Jose Siri has started his first year in New York with just one hit in 17 at-bats with an RBI, four runs scored, two steals, three walks and five strikeouts in his first seven games. Taylor has gone 4-for-18 with an RBI, no walks and four strikeouts in five games played. The center-field situation in New York is still in flux in the early portion of the season. Taylor won't be a very attractive DFS play on Tuesday and is hitless in just two career at-bats against Gillispie.

New York Mets outfielder Tyrone Taylor is not in Saturday's lineup when the Mets conclude a three-game set against the Houston Astros. Taylor received the starting nod in center field for each of the first two games of the campaign. He went 1-for-8 with two strikeouts. As a result, Jose Siri will get the start in center field and bat ninth. Fantasy managers should expect Taylor to return to the starting nine on Monday when the Mets face the Marlins in Miami. Last season, Taylor appeared in a career-high 130 games and posted a .248/.299/.401 slash line with 22 doubles and seven home runs. He generated a modest .301 xwOBA but placed in the 86th percentile in range. Siri went deep 18 times and swiped 14 bags last season and should be viewed as a high-risk option in DFS facing Houston right-hander Spencer Arrighetti.