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Dodgers’ Chris Taylor took a big swing last winter and it’s paying off

LOS ANGELES >> After getting a taste of the big leagues – but only a taste – for the third consecutive year last season, Chris Taylor decided it was time for a change.

The Dodgers’ infielder saw “some of the adjustments other players have made that have kind of turned their careers around” and figured maybe that’s what he needed to do as well.

“Justin Turner is a good example,” Taylor said this spring. “He’s a guy that was up and down from Triple-A for awhile. He made a big swing change and now he’s one of the best third basemen in the game.