If you had told a Royals fan back in 2014 that a Kansas City centerfielder would win at least one Gold Glove in the next decade, it wouldn’t have come as a surprise. They would have been a bit more surprised when you told them that the centerfielder would be Michael A. Taylor.
Taylor signed with Kansas City on a one-year, $1.75 million contract back in November of 2020 after coming off a rough 2020 season in Washington. He had only had one season with at least 500 plate appearances and the last season he had stepped to the plate regularly was back in 2018, when he finished towards the bottom of the league in wRC+.