Former Morehead City Marlin Chris Taylor has been named to the 2021 MLB All-Star team as an outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Taylor played in Morehead City back in 2010, the team’s first year of existence. Taylor is the first former Marlin to be named to an MLB All-Star team.

“We are so excited for Chris, as he has done a great job of making himself a premier player in major league baseball,” said Marlins owner Buddy Bengel. “We are excited that he is finally getting recognized for becoming the player that we knew him to be in Morehead City. We’re so proud to have a former Marlin become an MLB All-Star.”

Taylor was drafted in the fifth round of the 2012 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners. He made his major league debut with Seattle in 2014, and was traded to the Dodgers in the middle of the 2016 season.

He was the NLCS MVP in 2017 when L.A. made it all the way to the World Series, and became a World Series Champion in 2020 with the Dodgers.

This season, Taylor is hitting .268 with with 10 home runs, 42 RBIs and 59 runs scored. He is a career .264 hitter.

The 2021 MLB All-Star Game is on Tuesday, July 13 at Coors Field in Denver, CO.

Congratulations to former Marlin Chris Taylor on becoming the first Marlin to be named to the MLB All-Star Game!

The Coastal Plain League is the nation’s premier summer collegiate baseball league. Heading into its 25th season in 2021, the CPL features 15 franchises playing in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.  To date, the CPL has had over 1,450 alumni drafted and 118 alums — including 2017 ALCS MVP, 2017 World Series champion, 2012 AL MVP and Cy Young award winner Justin Verlander, as well as former Marlin and 2017 NLCS MVP and 2021 MLB All-Star Chris Taylor — make their Major League debut.  For more information on the Coastal Plain League, please visit the league website at www.coastalplain.com, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat @CPLBaseball.