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Dodgers: All-Star Infielder Recalls Day He Was Traded to LA

It's safe to say it was the best move Chris Taylor has ever made
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Dodgers: All-Star Infielder Recalls Day He Was Traded to LA
Dodgers: All-Star Infielder Recalls Day He Was Traded to LA

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While Chris Taylor's 2022 season can be seen as a struggle, it was only one year prior that Taylor made his first and only All-Star appearance. His nod is just one of the many different reasons why Taylor being traded to the Dodgers was truly a life changing move. 

Taylor was traded to the Dodgers in 2016 and has since reached the postseason each season with the team. He also reached five NLCS appearances and three World Series appearances with one championship. 

It has to be tough to leave a team that drafted you. However, the Dodgers took a chance on Taylor and the rest became history. The veteran utility man joined John Hartung on Spectrum's SportsNet LA on Tuesday night where he shared his feelings at the moment of the trade.

"It was really bittersweet for me. Obviously, drafted by the Seattle Mariners it was a place I though was going to be me home for a long time. Just the way things worked out, I wasn't able to stick in the big leagues and I was actually in Tacoma Washington (AAA club) when I got the call that I'd been traded and I was excited."

Taylor's confidence was shot after bouncing back and forth, but soon found his rhythm at the perfect time. 

"I had been constantly back and forth to the big leagues -- it just felt like I couldn't get over that hump. It felt a little like they had given up on me over there, so to be able to start in a new organization was exciting for me and something I really needed and, obviously, it turned out for the best."

Taylor will have to be prepared for a more prominent role as he still recovers from injuries suffered from 2022. It's clear the team still believes in him and his career will continue to shine bright with the Dodgers. 

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Mookie Betts Favorite Moment: 2020 World Series. The Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers secured the World Series only a couple of months later. During such a rough time with COVID-19 and such a bleak look at how sports has tried to overcome the circumstances, it was a relief to see the night sky lit up for many nights and a makeshift parade in LA when it seemed like we needed it the most.

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