Who Should I Trade?

Chandler Simpson for Leody Taveras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 120	# 298
VBR	# 127	# 897

Projections

Runs	19	10
Home Runs	0	2
RBI	12	9
Stolen Bases	13	3
Batting Average	.286	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 106	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 116	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 108	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	# 293

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 153	# 252

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	372	287

Runs	45	41

Hits	107	65

Singles	90	45

Doubles	11	10

Triples	6	5

Home Runs	0	5

RBI	21	39

Stolen Bases	26	10

Caught Stealing	11	3

Walks	20	34

Strikeouts	37	82

Batting Average	.288	.227

On Base Pct	.321	.310

Slugging Pct	.350	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.658

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	152	81

Runs	19	10

Hits	44	19

Singles	36	13

Doubles	5	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	12	9

Stolen Bases	13	3

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	9	7

Strikeouts	18	20

Batting Average	.286	.234

On Base Pct	.322	.290

Slugging Pct	.347	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.669	.664

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
News
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in an 8-5 win over the Tigers with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 28th
	Chandler Simpson went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	Leody Taveras went 2-for-4 in the win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the New York Yankees Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Taveras went 1-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 2nd
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Sunday's 2-0 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	Leody Taveras went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mariners with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, one strikeout, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jun 11th
	Chandler Simpson is back in the Rays lineup on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in a win over the Red Sox with one run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB			Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sat, May 9th				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Chandler Simpson for Leody Taveras (2026)

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