Michael Anthony Taylor is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Washington Nationals, Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins. Taylor was drafted by the Nationals in the sixth round of the 2009 MLB draft, made his MLB debut with them in 2014, and was a member of the 2019 World Series championship team. He won a Gold Glove Award and Fielding Bible Award in 2021.

The 2019 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2019 season. The 115th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League champion Houston Astros and the National League champion Washington Nationals. The series was played from October 22 to October 30. Washington upset the favored Astros, four games to three, to secure its first title in franchise history and first in the capital city since the 1924 series. Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg was named the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) after earning two wins in the series.