Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 198	# 217
VBR	# 409	# 689

Projections

Runs	16	13
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	16	9
Stolen Bases	3	5
Batting Average	.241	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 150	# 129

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 168	# 166

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 189	# 207

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 223	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	226	88

Runs	28	14

Hits	54	29

Singles	31	26

Doubles	11	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	11	1

RBI	33	11

Stolen Bases	9	6

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	7	12

Strikeouts	53	30

Batting Average	.239	.330

On Base Pct	.276	.410

Slugging Pct	.443	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	129	92

Runs	16	13

Hits	31	23

Singles	20	16

Doubles	7	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	16	9

Stolen Bases	3	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	8	9

Strikeouts	30	25

Batting Average	.241	.247

On Base Pct	.291	.312

Slugging Pct	.395	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Guardians outfielder Angel Martinez (foot) will play five innings for Triple-A Columbus in a rehab assignment on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Angel Martinez took batting practice on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Angel Martinez has begun playing catch and hitting off a tee. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 9-3 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th
	Angel Martinez (foot) has been placed on the 10-day IL ahead of Tuesday's game in Milwaukee. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th	Samad Taylor went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the Padres 6-2 win over the Reds on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	According to Guardians skipper Stephen Vogt, there is a "slight chance" that outfielder Angel Martinez (foot) could be available off the bench for Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-1)	#254
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Samad Taylor (2026)

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