With Logan Forsythe expected to remain sidelined for the foreseeable future due to a toe fracture and hamstring tightness, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts recently said Chris Taylor would see an increase in playing time.
To this point, Taylor and Chase Utley have platooned at second base in Forsythe’s absence. But Utley has struggled at the plate, while Taylor has been among the Dodgers’ better contributors. Such was the case again Monday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
With the Dodgers already out to a 1-0 lead, Taylor hit a grand slam off Pirates right-hander Trevor Williams:
“It was 0-2, I was just trying to shorten up and put a ball in play,” Taylor said of his second career grand slam.