Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 217	‐
VBR	# 724	# 1290

Projections

Runs	14	3
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	10	3
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.243	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	35

Runs	14	7

Hits	29	6

Singles	26	5

Doubles	1	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	11	0

Stolen Bases	6	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	12	0

Strikeouts	30	14

Batting Average	.330	.171

On Base Pct	.410	.171

Slugging Pct	.398	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.371

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	99	25

Runs	14	3

Hits	24	5

Singles	17	4

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	10	3

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	2

Strikeouts	27	7

Batting Average	.243	.214

On Base Pct	.307	.270

Slugging Pct	.361	.320

On-base Plus Slugging	.668	.590

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	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	The Pirates optioned OF Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Samad Taylor (2026)

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