With another tight NL West division race looming, the Dodgers didn’t wait to act aggressively this week, resulting in the team moving on from Austin Barnes and Chris Taylor.

Will losing Austin Barnes and Chris Taylor cause problems for the Dodgers down the road? Statwise, Taylor and Barnes weren't anything special. In fact, if fans are looking at this from a purely ...

Backup catcher Austin Barnes learned that earlier this week. And on Sunday, veteran utilityman Chris Taylor discovered that reality, too.

The Los Angeles Dodgers cut two of their longest-tenured players in the span of a week. Backup catcher Austin Barnes was designated for assignment, and utility man Chris Taylor was released. More ...

Dodgers showing urgency, not sentimentality, in cutting Austin Barnes and Chris Taylor. By Fabian Ardaya. May 18, 2025. LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers ripped off the Band-Aid.

Moving on without Austin Barnes, Chris Taylor will affect Dodgers’ chemistry Moves like the release of the well-liked veterans last week are ‘the business side’ of the game, their former ...

Taylor is under contract through the end of this year. If the team feels he, like Barnes, isn’t helping them win games, they may not hesitate to pull the plug on the 12-year veteran.

But the subtraction of established, well-liked veterans Austin Barnes and Chris Taylor, both long-time members of the Dodgers, has left a hole in the day-to-day life of their former teammates and ...