Who Should I Trade?

Chris Taylor for Nick Yorke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Yorke 2B,3B,RF - PIT	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1215	‐

Projections

Runs	3	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	3	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.236	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	RET

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 481	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Yorke 2B,3B,RF - PIT	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	98	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	21	‐

Singles	16	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	12	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Batting Average	.214	‐

On Base Pct	.278	‐

Slugging Pct	.286	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.564	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Yorke 2B,3B,RF - PIT	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	25	‐

Runs	3	‐

Hits	6	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Batting Average	.236	‐

On Base Pct	.289	‐

Slugging Pct	.339	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.628	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Yorke 2B,3B,RF - PIT	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
News
	Nick Yorke went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the Pirates 8-3 win over the Red Sox on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Chris Taylor announced on social media that he is officially retiring. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	The Pirates recalled INF/OF Nick Yorke from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Chris Taylor changed his mind on retirement and has been placed on the minor league injured list with a left forearm fracture. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Pirates recalled INF/OF Nick Yorke from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	Chris Taylor has announced his retirement after 12 big league seasons. He played primarily with the Dodgers, but also spent time with the Mariners and Angels. David Leisering Fri, May 22nd
	The Pirates optioned 3B/OF Nick Yorke to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	The Angels re-signed utility man Chris Taylor to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	Nick Yorke went 1-for-4 with a solo home run as the Pirates defeated the Rays, 6-3, on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th	Veteran utilityman Chris Taylor has re-signed with the Los Angeles Angels. It's unclear whether the deal is a major league contract or a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. David Leisering Thu, Feb 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Nick Yorke 2B,3B,RF - PIT			Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Taylor for Nick Yorke (2026)

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