The work of trying to get Michael A. Taylor to make more contact, cut down on the Ks, and make him into the best version of himself that he can be, or at least the latest attempts at a transformation, began last season when hitting coach Kevin Long began to tinker with the mechanics of Taylor’s swing.
“It was good,” Long said earlier this month when Taylor’s future with the organization came up at Nationals’ Winterfest in the nation’s capital.