Chris Taylor hasn’t played a big-league game since September 30, missing the last week of the regular season with a neck issue. After a cortisone injection, the neck healed up well enough for him to take part in baseball activities during the five-day break after the season, and he was deemed healthy enough for the NLDS roster.
He’ll get his first test on Friday, as L.A. manager Dave Roberts announced that he’ll be starting Game 3 with Padres lefty Blake Snell on the mound.
Cody Bellinger will sit against Snell, with Trayce Thompson in center field. Bellinger was definitely worse against lefties than righties this year (.