Prior to the 2017 season,Baseball America ranked Taveras as the Rangers' best prospect.[4] He spent 2017 with the Hickory Crawdads,where he posted a .249 batting average with eight home runs,50 RBIs and 20 stolen bases.[5] Taveras spent the 2018 season with the Down East Wood Ducks of the Class A-AdvancedCarolina League,hitting .246/.312/.332/.644 with 5 home runs,48 RBI,and 19 stolen bases in 132 games. He was selected to the 2018 All-Star Futures Game.[6]
Taveras was ranked as one of the top 100 prospects in baseball before the 2019 season by Baseball Prospectus (#47),[7]ESPN's Keith Law (#62),[8] and FanGraphs (#94).[9] He returned to Down East to open the 2019 season,[10] and hit .294/.368/.376/.745 with 2 home runs and 25 RBI in 66 games for them.[11] On June 20,he was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-ATexas League.[12] With Frisco,Taveras hit .265/.320/.375 with 3 home runs and 31 RBI.[13][14] The Rangers added Taveras to their 40-man roster following the 2019 season.[15]
Major leagues
2020
Taveras made the Rangers' Opening Day roster in 2020.[16] He made his major league debut on Opening Day,July 24,against the Colorado Rockies. Taveras hit his first career home run on August 29 while playing against the Los Angeles Dodgers.[17] He finished the 2020 season hitting .227/.308/.395 with 4 home runs,6 RBI,and 8 stolen bases in 33 games.[18]
2021
Taveras split the 2021 season between Texas and the Round Rock Express of the Triple-A West. With Texas,he hit .161/.207/.270 with 3 home runs,9 RBI,and 10 stolen bases in 49 games. With Round Rock,he hit .245/.343/.475 with 17 home runs,55 RBI,and 13 stolen bases in 87 games.[19]
Taveras once again split the season between Texas and Round Rock in 2022,though his major league playing time increased. With Texas,he hit .261/.309/.366/.675 with 5 home runs,34 RBI,and 11 stolen bases in 99 games. In the minors,he hit .294/.335/.485/.820 with 7 home runs,29 RBI,and 7 stolen bases in 49 games.[20]
2023
In 2023,Taveras was shut down partway through spring training due to a "low-grade" oblique strain.[21] He began the regular season on the injured list.[22] He was activated for his season debut on April 12.[23] He made 143 appearances for the Rangers over the course of the season,slashing .266/.312/.421 with career-highs in home runs (14),RBI (67),and stolen bases (14).[24] He got a hit the Rangers' first four postseason games,then hit a home run off Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. He started in center field for the Rangers in their run to the World Series title. However,he went 0-for-16 in the World Series and batted .209 with one home run and 10 walks in 17 postseason games.[25][26]
2024
Taveras began the 2024 campaign as Texas' Opening Day center fielder. He appeared in 151 games for the Rangers during the season,batting .229/.289/.352 with 12 home runs,44 RBI,and a career-high 23 stolen bases.[27]
2025
Taveras began the 2025 season in a center field platoon with Kevin Pillar;in 30 games for the Rangers,Taveras slashed .241/.259/.342 with one home run,eight RBI,and six stolen bases.[28] On May 4,Taveras was placed on outright waivers by the Rangers.[29]
Seattle Mariners
On May 6,2025,the Seattle Mariners claimed Taveras off waivers.[28][30] In his first game with the Mariners on May 7,he made his first MLB start in right field,drove in the tying run,and scored the game-winning run.[31][32] In 28 games for Seattle,Taveras batted .174/.198/.272 with two home runs,nine RBI,and three stolen bases. Taveras was designated for assignment by the Mariners on June 9.[33] He cleared waivers and was sent outright to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers on June 13.[34] In 81 games in Tacoma,he batted .280/.356/.446.[35] On October 10,Taveras elected free agency.[36][37]
Baltimore Orioles
On November 6,2025,Taveras signed a one-year,$2 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles.[38]
Taveras is cousins with outfielder Willy Taveras,who played seven seasons in MLB[40][41][3] and Luis Taveras,a minor league catcher who reached Triple-A in 2001 and 2003.[39][42]
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