Dodgers’ Chris Taylor is a regular guy who doesn’t mind his irregular role

Dodgers second baseman Chris Taylor fields a grounder during a spring training practice on Feb. 23, in Phoenix.PHOENIX —

Chris Taylor plays as much as a big league regular, having started 393 of 546 games for the Dodgers since 2017. He’s paid like a regular, having signed a one-year, $7.8-million deal in February.

The only thing missing is the title of regular, a designation the super utility man thought he might gain this winter when the second-base job appeared to open in the wake of Kiké Hernández’s free-agent departure.

But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts made it clear Wednesday that Gavin Lux will open the season as the primary second baseman, saying the highly touted 23-year-old would be…