Dodgers’ Chris Taylor Is MLB’s Worst Hitter On Pitches Down the Middle
The mechanics of his swing are forever changing which has left Taylor’s swing with one of the largest launch angles in Major League Baseball. That egregious angle leaves him susceptible to a high whiff rate, especially on pitches middle-middle or up in the zone.
College ball is far from the majors ,but his uppercut was designed to create lift, basically to hit home runs. He has done that to some degree, but with more home runs came more strikeouts. In 2017, he hit 21 home runs for the Dodgers but struck out 142 times in 140 games.
The new swing must work when you produce 20-plus home runs right?
Wrong.
Since then, he has only one other season with at least 20 dingers and that was 2021. He was named an All-Star for the first time and signed a four-year, $60 million contract after. It has been downhill from there.
According to Jay Jaffe of FanGraphs, Taylor has had strikeout rates of 35.2 percent in 2022 and 32.6 percent in 2023 and has hit just .211/.303/.362 since a foul ball fractured his left foot on July 6, 2022. He’s at .051/.208/.051 with a 39.6 percent strikeout rate in 48 plate appearances this season barreling up just one ball.
To the average fan, it’s shocking that Taylor is the worst hitter with pitches thrown down the middle in the entire league. He sees meat a little more than 11 percent of the time. He has fouled off almost 55 percent of the 22 meatballs he has seen. Yet, he has come up empty.
Taylor has always been known to be a streaky hitter but the start to this season is a little much. So, why doesn’t he return to his natural swing?
Easier said than done. This new swing has taken years of work to make and with the technology used by every team, the scouting report on Taylor is out — throw him middle-middle and up. His sweet spot is down in the zone.
The Dodgers know Taylor is struggling. That much is obvious. But they are still willing to give him time to correct his flaws. How much time remains unknown.
Photo Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports
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