Who Should I Trade?

Carson Benge for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 96	# 217
VBR	# 169	# 724

Projections

Runs	26	14
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	22	10
Stolen Bases	6	5
Batting Average	.254	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 72	# 122

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 111	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 75	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 105	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 142	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 126	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	361	88

Runs	52	14

Hits	94	29

Singles	69	26

Doubles	12	1

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	11	1

RBI	37	11

Stolen Bases	16	6

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	29	12

Strikeouts	85	30

Batting Average	.260	.330

On Base Pct	.322	.410

Slugging Pct	.396	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	184	99

Runs	26	14

Hits	47	24

Singles	31	17

Doubles	9	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	22	10

Stolen Bases	6	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	17	9

Strikeouts	44	27

Batting Average	.254	.243

On Base Pct	.323	.307

Slugging Pct	.404	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.727	.668

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Carson Benge went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Phillies with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Carson Benge went 0-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Carson Benge went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Carson Benge went 2-for-3 in Tuesday’s 16-12 loss to the Royals with two walks, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Carson Benge went 2-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a home run, a double, one walk, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Benge for Samad Taylor (2026)

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