chris taylor
Dodgers spending over $1 billion on three players after record Yoshinobu Yamamoto contract
If the Dodgers proved one thing this offseason, it was that their pockets were full and they were ready to spend.
Use these infielders to fill gaps in your fantasy baseball team
You want to make that waiver commitment to a couple of young up-and-comers who have a strong chance to stick all year.
Future Hall of Famer still shows he can thrive in a big game
Albert Pujols’ days of thunder are largely behind him, but he demonstrated Thursday he still can be trusted in a big game.
Rays steal Game 4 of World Series in wildest way possible
The 116th World Series lacked gripping drama until the middle innings of Game 4 on Saturday, when suddenly all hell began breaking loose. Played at a fast-breaking pace, with the...
The other playoff conspiracy: What's going on with the home team?
LOS ANGELES -- Seven thoughts for a classic World Series that has gone seven games: 1. Conspiracy theories abound about a different version of baseballs that fly and fly, but...
The deepest and richest team in 2017 can make history
LOS ANGELES — The super team will not go down quietly. Welcome back to World Series Game 7, folks. Third visit in four years. On one side, you have the...
Dodgers topple Astros to force winner-take-all Game 7
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood endings are the best. Baseball has earned a Game 7. With a 3-1 victory over the Astros and Justin Verlander Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, the...
What Aaron Judge can learn from Astros slugger's resilience
HOUSTON -- As a team, the Astros addressed having too many strikeouts stacked at the bottom of their lineup the past few years by adding players who make greater contact...
David Wright is proud of newest star from his baseball hotbed
LOS ANGELES — David Wright, proud Virginian and old-school guy at heart, has known about Chris Taylor for a while now. Because, bless him, he still reads newspapers. “There is...
Are we seeing the last of Joc Pederson with the Dodgers?
Against righty ace Justin Verlander, the Dodgers put lefty-swinging Joc Pederson in left field over fellow lefty swinger Andre Ethier because he handles top-end fastballs better than Ethier and also...
Dodgers get big contributions from two former castoffs
LOS ANGELES — The team that has run the largest payrolls in history the past few years won Game 1 of the World Series, in part, by dumpster diving. OK,...
Dodgers grab Game 1 of Series as ex-Met Turner delivers big HR
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers continue to be as hot as the Southern California weather. They followed the Hollywood formula they have been following all October, getting a huge postseason...
Whose hitting is better? Breaking down the World Series
LOS ANGELES — Consolation to Yankees fans: You got beat by a better team. Which means, in turn, that we have ourselves a superior World Series, if not a juicier...
How small-market experience helped Dodgers build a juggernaut
LOS ANGELES — These Dodgers are ginormous-market. The $220 million payroll, tops in baseball, makes that clear. There is a small-market philosophy, though, hidden inside the biggest of markets. For...
How Dodgers turned ordinary hitter into game-changing star
CHICAGO — The Dodgers sure get a kick out of changing a mediocre player’s swing and discovering hitting gold. One year ago at this time, Chris Taylor was working with...