Taylor will never figure out the position if he doesn't get more in game opps However, the bad news is that they're probably preparing to miss Forsythe for more than just another handful of games
more on what @ColoradoKidWitGame broke... Dodgers to give Taylor more playing time until Forsythe returns by Bill Shaikin | Los Angeles Times With the Dodgers braced for a newly extended absence of Logan Forsythe, the team is expected to play Chris Taylor more often at second base, with more bench time for Chase Utley. “I think Chris has earned that,” manager Dave Roberts said. The Dodgers had hoped Forsythe, on the disabled list since April 19 because of a broken toe, could be activated on Friday. But he left a minor league rehabilitation assignment Wednesday because of hamstring tightness, and there is no date set for him to resume the assignment. Utley has started nine of 15 games since Forsythe’s injury, including Friday’s game. He is batting .100, the lowest average among the 143 National League players with at least 50 plate appearances. He has one extra-base hit. Taylor is batting .375, and four of his 12 hits have gone for extra bases. Roberts said Taylor would start Saturday, and many days, but not every day. “I also want to try to get Chase going,” Roberts said. “If you look at the course of the season, we’re going to need him. I don’t want to put him on ice for the next two weeks, until Logan comes back. There’s a balance. I will run Chris out there more. But I’m not going to completely go away from playing Chase.”
Wow...Dave certainly is Johnny on the spot with his timely quips. More like he needs a fucking brick wall to fall on him...
#Dodgers Lineup vs LHP Richard Taylor 2B Seager SS Turner 3B Gutierrez LF Bellinger 1B Hernandez CF Puig RF Barnes C Kershaw P
As a Puig guy I do sometimes wonder why he gets dropped in the order but I think Dave is doing this to take pressure off of him.
Another day, another day off for Joc. His agent sucks and needs to be fired. Get Boras to publicly call out this platoon shit.
He'd maybe get better pitches to hit if he were at the top of the order, but they're not confident in his ability to punish those pitches as Toles does. His OPS is below average right now, as is his wRC+, so just pretty much a below average hitter
If the slider isn't working, then don't use it. This is hard to watch off CK...something off with the axis of the earth.
