Former Dodger Chris Taylor Reverses MLB Retirement Decision: Report

Chris Taylor can’t quit baseball - or he doesn’t want to. At least not yet.

Taylor, 35, announced his MLB retirement on Friday, as verified by this Instagram post from the league. But less than 24 hours later, MLB.com’s Los Angeles Angels beat reporter Rhett Bollinger wrote on X, “Chris Taylor changed his mind on retirement and has been placed on the Minor League IL with a left forearm fracture.”

Taylor has been playing with the Angels’ Triple-A Salt Lake affiliate this season and fractured his forearm last Wednesday, per Brent Maguire. Now that Taylor has reversed his retirement, Maguire expects him to take the field again at some point this season.

Taylor is best known for his decade playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, including one All-Star selection in 2021 and two World Series rings in 2020 and 2024. The utility man earned a lucrative four-year contract extension with the Dodgers after his All-Star season in 2021. He was also named co-NLCS MVP alongside Justin Turner in 2017.

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Taylor appeared in 28 games for the Dodgers last season before the team released him in May 2025, and he signed with the Angels roughly two weeks later. He played 30 games for the Angels in 2025 and re-signed with them this February.

“For me, it felt like a good fit last year," Taylor said at the time, per Bollinger. “I enjoyed my time here, liked the guys, good experience. Get to live at home in Manhattan Beach. It just felt right.”

Taylor has yet to play for the Angels so far this season. As of this writing, his last MLB appearance was in a 6-2 loss to the Houston Astros on Sept. 28, 2025.

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This story was originally published May 24, 2026 at 9:15 AM.