4:19PM: The Angels officially announced Taylor’s signing, and Paris’ demotion to Triple-A.
4:00PM: The Angels are going to sign utility player Chris Taylor, reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The Halos haven’t officially announced anything but Rosenthal says Taylor will be playing center field tonight when the club squares off against the Yankees, so it seems he’s jumping right onto the roster and into the lineup. The Angels have an open 40-man spot after right-hander Shaun Anderson was recently designated for assignment. Per Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register, outfielder Kyren Paris will be optioned as the corresponding active roster move.
Taylor, 34, spent many years as a useful player for the Dodgers. He bounced all over the diamond, stole bases and was above average at the plate as well. The Dodgers valued those contributions enough to re-sign Taylor ahead of the 2022 season, a four-year, $60MM deal. Unfortunately, Taylor’s production has dropped in recent years, which has cut into his playing time. He has been unable to climb out of his hole while stuck in a part-time gig, so the Dodgers released him just over a week ago.
The Dodgers are still on the hook for what’s left of Taylor’s $13MM salary this year, as well as the $4MM buyout on Taylor’s $12MM 2026 club option. That makes this a buy-low move for the Angels. They will only have to pay Taylor the prorated league minimum for any time he spends on the roster, with that amount subtracted from what the Dodgers pay.
The Halos are presumably hoping that getting Taylor some regular playing time will help him get back on track. From 2017 to 2021, he hit .265/.343/.461 for a 116 wRC+, stealing 50 bases over that span while playing every position except for first base and the battery. But since then, he has a .222/.307/.369 line and 90 wRC+. Last year, he dropped to a .202/.298/.300 line and 74 wRC+. He has fallen even farther so far in 2025, with a .200/.200/.257 line and 23 wRC+.
Taylor’s versatility essentially makes him a more experienced version of Paris, who has seen time as a second baseman, shortstop, center fielder, and left fielder over his three MLB seasons. Paris appeared in 36 games with the Angels over the previous two seasons, but he got a much longer look this year, getting into 43 games while mostly toggling between second base and center field.
It seemed like Paris was cementing his place as a lineup regular when he got off to a hot start, but his bat has drastically cooled off after the season’s first two weeks. Over 140 PA, Paris has struck out a whopping 59 times, and his slash line is down to .190/.266/.381 with six home runs. Some time in the minors might help Paris stabilize things at the plate, and it should be noted that Paris has only 37 career games at the Triple-A level (all in 2024). The Angels continued their habit of aggressive prospect promotions by calling Paris up for his MLB debut in 2023 before Paris had even appeared to Triple-A.
Best of luck CT!
He didn’t even have to move!
Only logical reason to sign there
good signing by the angels
Why? Taylor can’t hit. He is even worse than Paris who can at least run into one for a dinger occasionally.
Because he might be able to get his swing back in a new lineup. The bulk of his pay comes from Dodgers either way, so giving him a shot is very cheap.
Two years of playing with one of the best lineups in baseball and he is suddenly going to get better playing with one of the bottom 10 in baseball? Sure. I guess anything is possible, no matter how far fetched.
Maybe the pressure of performing in that lineup got to him. He also I sure wad viewed as an out you have to get before getti.g back around to the big bats.
Which meant he had a huge amount of protection in the lineup. Something he won’t have in Anaheim.
Lol no one is pitching around Chris Taylor.
But someone is still pitching to him.
More than we can both say! Best of luck to CT3!
Less pressure to perform and keep his roster spot, particularly since the Dodgers acquired a younger version in Edman.
O ok he will just magically just find it .
That was dumb
Or maybe he’s washed or maybe he was never that good or maybe dodgers cut his ass cuz he stunk maybe the pressure dumbest take guy he’s been in the dodgers for years what r u spewing
@kmk Sometimes changing situations or help from new coaches makes a huge difference. Joey Bart and Victor Robles are recent examples.
Maybe you should become a hitting coach since you seem to have all the answers?
If he doesn’t what is the risk for the Angels? Dodgers are paying his contract for this year so what is problem with giving this guy a chance.
You seem to be the only one spewing son? You are very angry over a guy the Angels are paying the Major League Minimum. Calm down and relax.
He still can’t hit. 2 for 19 with a stout -7 OPS+. Great signing.
Because MLBTR commenters just can’t get enough of mediocre washed-up players like him and Adam Frazier.
Adam Frazier is a GOLDEN GOD!
yup cant get enough of washed up old players like flores what was it they paid him again 180 Million this past offseason?
outinleftfield
Why? Taylor can’t hit. He is even worse than Paris
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CT will likely do very little, but Paris needs more tie in the minors to cut down on his Ks. He’s on pace for 280 Ks.
He strikes out just as much in the minors as your own posts below show. How will it help him going to the PCL at 5k feet where nothing is the same as playing at sea level in the majors? Fact is it won’t. Angels fans know that,.
I find it hilarious that Dodgers fans have been clamoring for his release for years and now he is going to start on the Angels. Agree it is a great signing for them.
Why is this so funny? He should have been let go 2 years ago him and Barnes.
The difference in the talent level of the teams is funny.
I have to agree. The money is negligible, and they know they’re getting a versatile glove and a .220 hitter, but more importantly they’re getting a clubhouse and dugout leader. They’re hovering around .500, and that could be the kind of difference they’re looking for.
If a team can potentially improve roster for veteran minimum on Memorial Day without giving anything, by all means they should.
How do u know he’s a clubhouse leader u people just make crap up because u act u know sooooo much about baseball
Anyone that is old is considered a clubhouse leader.
lol
lol comment aged like fine milk
I wasn’t sure he would get an MLB deal. Does signing with the Angels count?
Charlie III, there are currently 7 major league teams with a worse winning percentage than the Angels, one with exactly the same winning percentage as the Angels, and another (the Red Sox) whose winning percentage is .001 higher than the Angels. So, yes, signing with the Angels counts.
There are currently 7 AAAA teams out there?
Let’s dive in.
Red Sox: MLB team underperforming.
Orioles: MLB team with AAA pitching drastically underperforming.
White Sox: AAA team over performing.
Angels: MLB team with AAAA tendencies slightly over performing.
Rangers: MLB team underperforming due to injuries.
Athletics: MLB/AAAA team with upside, too young but could get hot again.
Braves: Good MLB team drastically underperforming.
Nationals: AAAA team.
Marlins: AAA team
Pirates: AAA team with Skenes.
Rockies: AA team.
Look about right?
Red Sox are not under performing. Pecota projected them to come in last and they are not even close to last place. If anything they are over performing.
White Sox are not over performing. They are about where everyone expected.
Braves were off to horrible start. I wouldn’t count them out yet.
The Red Sox were predicted by many to win the division. They’ve definitely underperformed so far.
When you are literally only getting paid league minimum while another team pays the rest of your salary its easy to get a big league deal. Next winter on the other hand will be a different story
To answer your question Charlie III – no!
This is what happens when you have no depth. You sign other teams castoffs.
At least they realize Moore is nowhere near ready and are not rushing him up.
You know he’ll be up after the trade deadline at the latest, if not up sometime in June when the timeline passes where they’ll get another year of control. He’s already in AAA. Kavadas got promoted after like 5 games at AAA last year. Moore will be up in no time, for better or worse.
No, they will rush him. Adell was 21 and wasn’t close to ready. Schanuel was 21 and had only 74 minor league ABs. Paris was 21 and was on pace for 224 Ks/600 AB in AAA.
Moore will be up this year and average > 150 Ks/600.
Adell spent 3 seasons in the minors before being called up.
Paris spent 4 seasons in the minors before his first being called up in 2023 and 2025 is his 3rd year in the majors.
Neither were rushed, they just have not been able to live up to the expectations in the majors.
Moore hit .347/.400/.584/.984 in A+ and AA after being drafted #8 last year and is hitting . .478/.552/.652/1.204 with the AAA Bees in 2025. It’s only been 6 games, but not sure how anyone can say that he is not ready. If he continues to rake through the All Star break, I can see him being called up when Taylor continues to stink.
Neto and Schanuel came up in the year after they were drafted and did quite well.
Neither were rushed, they just have not been able to live up to the expectations in the majors.
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Adell was arguably the worst player in AAA when he was promoted. He had a 43/10 K/W, with -0- HRs, and was a weak LF at the time. Those are impossibly bad numbers in the PCL.
Paris had 52 Ks in 139 ABs in AAA. His 93 Ks in 217 MLB ABs is probably exactly what his AAA stats extrapolate to.
Moore projects to 196 Ks this year in the minors. That’s probably in the neighborhood of 225 in the pros.
Adell was called up to start the 2020 season. He could have sat out the entire year because there WAS no minor leagues, or he could come of the bench in the majors.
You don’t mesure Ks vs AB, you measure it vs PA. Yes, Paris went back down to AAA in 2024 and struggled, showing just how little he needed any more time in the minors. What he needed was actual player development, which the Angels lack in the minors.
Moore is hitting .478 in Salt Lake. Will he hit that for the season? Give us all a break. He has hit .271/.357/.411/.768 with 69K in 244 PA in AA. That is what we are expecting from him along with solid defense at 2B.
This season he’s hit .234 with a slugging percentage of .323 at the AA level.
Not exactly numbers that scream for a promotion.
outinleftfield
or he could come of the bench in the majors.
You don’t mesure Ks vs AB, you measure it vs PA.
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Exposing a kid to MLB itching, that cannot hit AAA pitching, is not a good move, imho.
IRT to the measurement, you can measure it any way you want. I generally K/W in the pros, but for minor leaguers, I prefer K/600 since pro pitchers will issue far less walks. I seldom see a 200k/600 minor league hitter amount to anything.
Are you seriously trying to say that a miniscule sample size like that means more than his record over 2 seasons in AA? I thought you were more knowledgeable than that.
LMFAO. Exposing a kid to batting nearly every game at a mile high in desert air is not a good move.
SO% is K/PA. You don’t measure it any way you want. That is the way its measured. Holy bleep.
You can measure strikeouts any way you want. The mistake you are making is the same mistake people made on Madrigal. Some folks assumed Madrigal would succeed based on his minor league OBP, which relied too much on his walk rate.
Pro pitchers work differently and have better control of the strike zone. A large number of strikeouts in the minors generally leads to a large number of strikeouts in the pros.
This is the same thing I told y’all about Adell.
I’d rather give Moore a shot than Chris Taylor. The one good thing the Angels do is that they promote their good prospects faster than everyone else.
Moore has been struggling at AA. Best thing is to actually prepare these guys before promoting them.
Moore is in Salt Lake,
Yes for less than a week. Not sure why as his numbers in Alabama definitely did not justify a promotion.
His .271/.357/.411/.768 overall in AA did. He wasn’t going to get any better in Rocket City. We just don’t have any player development staff in the minors to help these kids.
@hammerin. This is just a precursor to them releasing Anderson. It’s about a tie, but Taylor has more position flexibility
definitely hoping CT kicks some butt down south!
Once he gets over the culture shock of being down there he’ll be awright, he a good dude joining a clubhouse of other good dudes captained by good guy Wash. Could Angels go from sleepy to sleeper?
As an Angels fan I would be happy if he hits above the Mendoza Line and has an OBP over .300. Last time he did either of those was 2023, so not holding my breath.
I like
He needs roughly 2 more months for 10 years of service.
Hope he gets that full pension and benefits. He deserves them.
Good to know that he doesn’t have to struggle to survive on the $78,000,000 in earnings.
Why are you guys so obsessed with players service time and how much money they’ve made during their career?
In some cases it makes sense. If you have some 30 year old guy that’s popped in and out for years, and never made more than league minimum, I always root for them to get their 5 years of service time as a reward for having stuck to it.
Because sane people root for players to get the ten year pension.
El Raton!
Paris tried so hard to be like Judge, but even Ron Washington can’t defend anymore. Hope he bounces back. TA is next.
Paris’ OPS+ is just 50 points better than Taylor’s.
Good for CT. I hope he prospers in Analheim.
Taylor’s weak numbers are still better than what they currently have. And yes… he will play better as a the full-time CF. Paris hit .090 last year at Double-A. Should have never made the team. He needs one or two years to refine his game. Adell is definitely running on borrowed time. The division is bad and winnable with less Ks and better bullpen production.
The team just needs to collectively stop swinging at anything out of the zone. That’s their biggest problem. The Ks are just brutal this season.
Well Chris Taylor certainly isn’t going to help with that. LOL
I know man. What’s with all this irrational love for Chris Taylor? It’s like last spring when they were all saying how great JD Davis was going to be for the A’s. Another player who’s done.
The clock is definitely ticking for Jo Adell. Very curious to see what they Halos do when Trout comes back later this week.
They’re just going to option Lugo probably. Would love for them to finally move on from Adell though.
Will be Goodbye from the other side for Adell methinks
@johnnyangel. It will be interesting to see the outfield next year. They need to replace it. Makes sense to trade ward, and adell chances have ran out.
1-Ward needs to be traded to Philly before the day is out. They could use a RH OF, and Ward is on an insane streak.
2-But Ward won’t be traded until his hot streak has ended, or until he gets dinged up.
@joebrady. Ward would probably get pegged in the head and be out for the year again. I agree they need a new outfield and need to trade ward,rengifo, Anderson, kenley. To have some kind of depth in the minors.
Chris Taylor will sign back with Dodgers in September for the playoff run.
I highly doubt it.
Angels need to stop rushing their minor league prospects and drafting guys that think are closest to MLB ready. Not sure if that’s an Arte Moreno thing or Perry M
Its a Perry thing because Arte won’t allow him to sign the right players to improve the team. Paris wasn’t rushed, he just came out of the gate hard and fast this season but has glaciered. Neto was brought up quickly and has proven himself, so this whole “rushing minor leaguers” isn’t that big of a deal, especially since other teams have done it recently and nobody is calling them out on it.
Other teams don’t do it constantly. They do it when a prospect shows signs he’s ready. Even then, other teams have failures when they rush, also.
Paris wasn’t rushed
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21 years old when promoted, on pace for 224 Ks in AAA.
After being drafted in 2019, Paris spent 3 full seasons in the minors plus 2020, so 4 years total, before being called up for the 1st time in 2023. Then he spent most of his 5th and 6th seasons in pro ball in the minors as well as well. It was only in his 7th season in pro ball that he broke camp with the big league team. Not exactly being rushed,
He wasn’t ready for the pros. He was only 21 at the time, with -0- AAA ABs. And with 151 Ks in 451 AA ABs, it’s impossible to expect any pro success.
One could easily argue for at least one more year in AAA, probably more.
He was already in the pros. A, A+, AA, and AAA are pro ball. He had nothing to prove in the minors. As I noted below, more than half of all players go straight from AA to the majors. That is not at all unusual, In fact, almost all of the best prospect do. We have another guy, named after a fish, that went from AA to the majors.
Wood had a higher K% in AA than Paris. He seems to be doing just fine with the Nats. He also had no time in AAA.
Cam Smith had 5 games in AA before going to the majors. He is doing just fine.
Paris had plenty of time in the minors. That is the point. He just has not been able to adjust to the level of play in the majors.
outinleftfield
Wood had a higher K% in AA than Paris.
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That’s exactly what my point is. Wood got promoted to AAA, not to the pros. Once he mashed AAA, then he got promoted to the pros.
It’s Perry. He knows he is going to be fired without immediate results. To be fair Neto looks great but Schanuel is a light hitting 1B they took extremely high with better prospects on the board. Not a good strategy
@amk1920. Schanuel is in the mlb, besides shaw being up and down. i wouldn’t say they reached. 281. Isn’t light hitting for someone drafted in 2023.
It’s Perry Minasian who is responsible for early call up Arte Moreno think is The Angels are use for his tax write off. He’s got other businesses. He just bought 22 acres of property in Arizona to develop baseball is just a tax write off Moreno could’ve sold the team close to $3 billion now he’d be lucky to get 1 billion so Angels fans we waiting for father time to take its course 🐒
He needs 18 more Acres. And a mule.
Why? It seems to be working well. Or did you miss how well Schanuel, Neto, and Lugo are playing?
The Angels problem is that players that CAN’T make the jump stagnate in the minors due to a massive lack of player development staff and technology. If they don’t jump straight to the majors they are never going to get better.
Hope CT does well there.
Chris Taylor signed with the Angels over the padres
More likely to start all year.
On KLAA they said the Angels were the only team that reached out to the Dodgers about Taylor.
Their farm is the problem. You could leave them there all day, but without scouting and development it won’t do any good.
CT probably didn’t want to move so he chose the Angels for the close proximity.
A world away moving south of the Mason Dixon line aka the 10
2020 World Series game 4 hero.
Dodger fans have lots of good CT3 memories. Nice to see he’s sticking around SoCal, but it will be a little strange to see him in Angels gear when the Dodgers visit Anaheim in August.
Good luck CT3! Thank you for everything.
The M’s traded CT for a guy named Zach Lee. Zach pitched 12 innings in his career. Bad trade. Chris has made a really nice career for himself. I hope he does well with the Halos.
The M’s have traded players for less. Like Cash Considerations or the dreaded PTBNL…
Edwin Diaz is still closing games for the Mets. Ketel Marte is still doing his thing in Arizona.
They dumped a ridiculous amount of Cano money for that. Prospects both busted but Kelenic’s potential allowed them to dump more bad money. Doubt the M’s regret the Diaz deal.
I still remember when we drafted Zach Lee and the media said we only did it because Frank McCourt was broke and there was a good chance he wouldn’t sign and go back to school to play football.
Then they went on to give him the biggest signing bonus in Dodgers History lol.
yes he deserves a second chance but he knows it won’t last long if he doesn’t play well. Play today like it’s the last play.
Just glad he didn’t end up with the puds.
Angels rushed Paris to majors while putting up some mediocre to bad stats that showed he was not ready although before scouting report became available he did look capable. Hopefully they let him prove it in minors when he is ready.
Rushed? he was drafted in 2019, what are you talking about…
This was Paris’ third season in the majors. He just doesn’t seem to be able to adjust once the pitching adjusts to him. He was still hitting better than Taylor who had a 29 OPS+ compared to Paris’ 81.
He was supposed to adjust in the minors. That’s what they are there for. He made it to the pros before he made it to AAA.
He did adjust in the minors. He just could not do it in the majors or the Angels lack of a minor league baseball development staff hindered his growth. He was not called up early. Since 2000, 54% of all players have made it to the majors before playing in AAA. That is not at all unusual.
I checked the top-10 bWAR hitters from last year. Only Soto had no AAA time.
Again, you missed the point. Over the last 25 years 54% of all major league players didn’t play in AAA before playing in the majors. It is not a unusual thing. Most don’t play in AAA before they play in the majors. Obviously it doesn’t mean that much to a players development to play in AAA first.
CT33!!!
Barf
Out to pasture in the obscurity of Anaheim. Get that service time….
I want to look up the toupee now.
That is a pretty serious toupee alright.
He should have gone the Wade Boggs route.
It isn’t for everyone… Can be a real wild ride.
Wade Boggs RIP.
I am only 66. My liver has at least 5 years left
Best of luck to you CT3. Thanks very much for your many positive contributions to the Dodgers. You will be missed!
I’m glad he found a team where he didn’t have to move. Dodgers fans really appreciate what he’s done while with the team. And by all accounts, he’s a great clubhouse presence.
I think the angels really need an everyday player that’s been on a winning team consistently to help them change their mindset. Yeah their roster isn’t the best. But with some tweaks on the mental side of things they could be better.
I think Washington gets it.
Lastly, I’m glad he didn’t sign with the Padres. That would have just been weird.
Good, now give Lugo a real chance in the OF
Another typical Perry signing
A player who the angels think they can fix
Perry loves guys off the scrap heap hitting .165
O for 3 with 2 Ks in his first game.
Twins may have interest in PARIS.
They already have FRANCE !!
“Correa to Paris to France”
Just one game with the Halos and he’s already providing negative value. Hope the regular reps gets him back to the good CT.
Was secretly hoping the Phillies signed him to a minor league deal to fill the void at 2B & LF, when the Phillies trade Kemp and Rincones Jr. for bullpen help. RH bat, plays any position, post season hero, good veteran to have at AAA and potential September call up. Taylor will get a big league opportunity in Anaheim, sooner than later and didn’t have to worry about the logistics of moving to another part of the country. Only a matter time before the Angels trade Jo Addel and Taylor Ward. Anderson, Jansen, Detmers probably all gone too. At this point, just trade Trout to the NL or AL east and make baseball better because of it.