Chris Taylor
2B/OF FA
Tue 7/23/24 6:17 PM

Taylor isn't in the Dodgers' lineup Tuesday versus the Giants.
EDGE Analysis
Taylor went 1-for-3 with a strikeout in Monday's win over the Giants and has gone 2-for-10 to begin the second half of the season. With Taylor's right-handed bat on the bench Tuesday, Cavan Biggio will start at third base and bat eighth.

Chris Taylor
2B/OF FA
Sun 7/21/24 4:40 PM

Taylor is not in the lineup for Sunday's game versus Boston, David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports reports.
EDGE Analysis
Taylor is hitting .136 in 44 at-bats during July and will sit Sunday after starting the previous seven games. Enrique Hernandez will take over at the hot corner and bat eighth in the series finale.

Chris Taylor
2B/OF FA
Tue 7/9/24 3:46 PM

Taylor is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Phillies, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.
EDGE Analysis
Taylor started the previous seven games but will sit after going 4-for-22 with two homers, six walks and eight strikeouts during that span. Cavan Biggio will take over at the hot corner Tuesday in Philadelphia.

Chris Taylor
2B/OF FA
Mon 7/8/24 3:17 PM

Taylor went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Sunday's loss to Milwaukee.
EDGE Analysis
Taylor accounted for Los Angeles' only two runs of the contest with his 403-foot blast in the sixth inning. The utility man has bounced back from an awful start to the campaign to slash .282/.404/.590 with three home runs, six RBI, 10 runs and two stolen bases over his past 15 games. Taylor has consequently started each of the Dodgers' past seven contests, and though he's hitting only .182 during that stretch, he has two long balls and a 6:8 BB:K.

Chris Taylor
2B/OF FA
Mon 7/1/24 1:59 PM

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Sunday that Taylor will have more of a "runway" to play third base, David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports reports.
EDGE Analysis
Third base has been a weakness for the Dodgers since Max Muncy landed on the injured list with an oblique injury May 17. The team made a trade in mid-June for Cavan Biggio, but he's struggled to a .188 batting average and 33.3 percent strikeout rate in 12 games with Los Angeles. Taylor had a disastrous start to the campaign -- he was hitting .095 with a 39.2 percent punchout rate over 36 contests through June 6 -- but has turned things around of late, slashing .385/.448/.731 with four extra-base hits (including two homers), four RBI, seven runs and two thefts over his past 11 games. He started at third base Sunday against San Francisco and collected a home run, a double and two RBI, and Roberts has indicated that Taylor will start at the hot corner again in the team's next game (Tuesday versus Arizona), per David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports. If Taylor keeps his momentum going, he could keep the primary third base job until Muncy returns to action, which likely won't happen until after the All-Star break. Biggio and Enrique Hernandez are the other options to log time at the hot corner for the time being.

Chris Taylor
2B/OF FA
Mon 7/1/24 12:18 AM

Taylor went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, two RBI, two runs scored and a walk in Sunday's loss to the Giants.
EDGE Analysis
Taylor put the Dodgers on the board with a solo shot in the fifth inning and later added an RBI double in the seventh. It was his second long ball of the year, and both have come in his last nine games. Taylor didn't have a multi-hit performance through 41 games to start the year but now has two in his last six contests. He's slashing .164/.256/.255 with five extra-base hits and 12 RBI through 126 plate appearances.

Chris Taylor
2B/OF FA
Fri 6/21/24 2:34 AM

Taylor went 2-for-3 with a walk and two stolen bases in Thursday's 5-3 win over the Rockies.
EDGE Analysis
It's been a brutal season for Taylor, as evidenced by the fact that this was his first multi-hit game. The utility man capitalized on reaching base three times by swiping two bags after entering Thursday with just one steal this season. Taylor is still slashing a putrid .131/.230/.192 on the campaign, but he's at least shown some signs of life of late, going 5-for-15 over his past six contests.

Chris Taylor
2B/OF FA
Sat 6/15/24 1:00 AM

Taylor went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-3 win over the Royals.
EDGE Analysis
This was Taylor's first homer and second extra-base hit over 106 plate appearances this season. The veteran utility man has a pitiful .108/.200/.151 slash line with nine RBI, six runs scored and one stolen base over 39 contests. Taylor is usually able to carve out a steady role as a short-side platoon option at a variety of positions, but his poor hitting and the Dodgers' good health with their batters has prevented the 33-year-old from seeing anything close to regular playing time.

Chris Taylor
2B/OF FA
Fri 5/24/24 4:15 PM

Taylor will start in left field and bat seventh Friday against Cincinnati.
EDGE Analysis
Taylor has seen his playing time dwindle in the past month as Andy Pages leapfrogged Taylor on the depth chart and Jason Heyward returned from injury. He's slashing .097/.219/.097 with 30 strikeouts in 74 plate appearances this season.

Chris Taylor
2B/OF FA
Wed 4/17/24 1:18 PM

Taylor is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Nationals.
EDGE Analysis
Taylor started in left field both of the past two days while the Dodgers faced left-handed starting pitchers, but the 32-year-old looks set to lose playing time to right-handed pitching after Los Angeles called up outfield prospect Andy Pages from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Taylor's struggles while filling in as a starting corner outfielder in place of Jason Heyward (back) might have expedited Pages' arrival to the big leagues. After an 0-for-2 showing in Tuesday's 6-2 win over Washington, Taylor has just one hit in 35 at-bats on the season and has struck out in a whopping 42.9 percent of his plate appearances.