on june 27, 2010, he signed a minor league contract with the los angeles dodgers and was assigned to the aaa albuquerque isotopes. he was promoted to the dodgers on july 21. he only retired one batter while with the dodgers. taschner is a left-handed baseball pitcher. he appeared in just three games for the dodgers before being designated for assignment on july 29. he elected to declare free agency instead of accepting a minor league assignment.