Former Dodgers World Series champion to sign with Angels: report

The Los Angeles Angels reportedly re-signed Chris Taylor, a veteran of the Dodgers’ World Series runs in 2020 and 2024, after his injury-shortened 2025 season.

Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported the news Thursday night on Twitter/X.

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Taylor, 35, is a veteran of 12 major league seasons. Last year was easily his worst since his breakout 2017 season with the Dodgers. He slashed .179/.278/.321 in 30 games with the Angels after he was designated for assignment with the Dodgers at midseason.

Taylor played just 10 games with the Angels when he suffered a hand fracture after being hit by a pitch in June, then spent the next month on the injured list. He returned in July, played five more games, then re-fractured the hand making a sliding catch.

Originally a shortstop in the Seattle Mariners system, Taylor established himself as a competent defender around the infield and outfield with the Dodgers in 2017. That season, he hit a career-high 21 home runs and helped the Dodgers reach the World Series for the first time since 1988.

Taylor made his only All-Star team in 2021, and eventually shifted into more of an outfield role in Los Angeles.

But by 2024 he had hit his way onto the Dodgers’ bench, and was ultimately designated for assignment last May.

With the Angels, Taylor has a chance to compete for a bench job in spring training.

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