Photo: Stacie Wheeler While we’re all still (im)patiently waiting for the Mookie Betts–David Price deal to become official, the Dodgers have locked up another of their arbitration-eligible players. The Dodgers …
Read More »Chris Taylor’s early season struggles can be traced to poor batted ball numbers
Late last season, I wrote about Chris Taylor‘s batted ball and plate discipline profile and was confounded as to why he was struggling more in 2018 than he did in …
Read More »Dodgers’ second base battle: Enrique Hernandez vs. Chris Taylor
Photo: Stacie Wheeler With just over a week until the Dodgers open their 2019 season, most position battles seem to be all-but settled. Barring an injury during the final week …
Read More »Dodgers avoid arbitration with all seven arb-eligible players
Photo: Stacie Wheeler Yesterday was a busy day for the Dodgers. Along with trading for an old friend (which Dustin wrote about here), they managed to agree to one-year deals …
Read More »Dodgers tender all arbitration-eligible players, agree on contract with Tony Cingrani
The Dodgers tendered contracts to nine arbitration-eligible players today and agreed to one one-year contract before the 5 PM PST non-tender deadline. There were a few that were far from …
Read More »The curious case of Chris Taylor’s batted ball profile and plate discipline
When Chris Taylor was recalled last season, no one was expecting much of anything, but he soon established himself as one of the more valuable players on the team and …
Read More »Can Chris Taylor prove his 2017 wasn’t a fluke?
Seemingly every season, a couple players throughout Major League Baseball have a breakout year. This is generally code for “not-good player plays like an All-Star because baseball is dumb.” But …
Read More »2017 Dodgers In Review: IF/OF Chris Taylor
PA AVG OBP SLG wRC+ HR WAR MLB 568 .288 .354 .496 126 21 4.7 MiLB (AAA) 49 .233 .327 .442 97 1 n/a What Happened In 2017: Underwent an …
Read More »Chris Taylor’s impact on Dodgers isn’t unlike that of Andrew Toles’ last year
The Dodgers have gotten contributions from many players this season, but none have been more unexpected and impactful (at the same time) as Chris Taylor. He was destined for a …
Read More »Chris Taylor’s making more contact and making most of call-up
When you’re OPSing 1.205 and your slugging percentage is 179 points higher than Justin Turner, perhaps it’s time you get a dedicated article. Many argued that Chris Taylor should have …
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