Phillies

The Taijuan Walker Era in Philadelphia Has Come to an End

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Apr 23rd, 2026 · 11:53 AM EDT

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Phillies:

Prior to today’s game against the Chicago Cubs, the Phillies recalled RHP Nolan Hoffman from triple-A Lehigh Valley. To make room on the 26-man roster, RHP Alan Rangel was optioned to Lehigh Valley following last night’s game. Additionally, RHP Taijuan Walker was released.

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 23, 2026

It had to happen. No sense prolonging the inevitable because Taijuan Walker has looked like Taijuan Walker this season, and much less like Cy-Juan, who had a good rebound season in 2024.

Wednesday night, he gave up four earned runs on eight hits over four innings of work, conceding two home runs in the process. He has a 9.13 ERA on the season and has more allowed runs than innings pitched. He’s in the final year of the four year, $72 million deal Dave Dombrowski gave him back in 2023.

Zack Wheeler will return soon, and with him, hopefully the rest of the rotation will get their act together, because they haven’t been good either.

Here are Taijuan’s final stats as we close the curtain on his Phillies career:

Taijuan Walker by Season

Season	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BAA	BF	QS
2023	31	15-6	172.2	155	87	84	20	71	138	4.38	1.31	7.19	3.70	1.04	.238	733	11
2024	15	3-7	83.2	107	68	66	24	37	58	7.10	1.72	6.24	3.98	2.58	.317	381	2
2025	21	5-8	123.2	132	62	56	21	42	86	4.08	1.41	6.26	3.06	1.53	.270	538	4
2026	4	1-4	22.2	36	25	23	8	11	17	9.13	2.07	6.75	4.37	3.18	.353	115	0