Taylor is off to a 3-for-26 start with 10 strikeouts in Cactus League play after a disappointing 2022 that included the second-highest strikeout rate (35.4%) of any MLB player with at least 400 pla…
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Chis Taylor will tell you – the swing that lifted him out of the minor leagues, made him an All-Star in 2021 and got him a four-year, $60 million contract from the Dodgers is not “my natural swing.”
Taylor hit just .221 last season with the second-highest strikeout rate of any player with at least 400 plate appearances. Only Joey Gallo had a higher rate. Taylor missed on 39.9% of his swings last season – only two players with at least 250 plate appearances had higher whiff rates last season . There were clear reasons for Taylor to be “out of whack” last season. He underwent surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow in November 2021 and faced more physical challenges during the 2022 season – a fracture in his left foot in July and a nagging neck injury.
“Right now, I’m gonna let the process with Chris and the hitting coaches play out. But I have no problem betting on the player, the person.” Taylor said he learned about a weighted-bat program to improve bat speed but his focus once he reported to spring training was on trying “to be more efficient with your swing.”
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