Who Should I Trade?

Chris Taylor for Nico Hoerner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nico Hoerner 2B,SS - CHC	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 76	‐
VBR	# 39	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	5	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.273	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	RET

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 89	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 84	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 47	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 85	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nico Hoerner 2B,SS - CHC	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	588	‐

Runs	60	‐

Hits	157	‐

Singles	120	‐

Doubles	28	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	69	‐

Stolen Bases	22	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	41	‐

Strikeouts	56	‐

Batting Average	.267	‐

On Base Pct	.319	‐

Slugging Pct	.359	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nico Hoerner 2B,SS - CHC	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	44	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Batting Average	.273	‐

On Base Pct	.332	‐

Slugging Pct	.367	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.698	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nico Hoerner 2B,SS - CHC	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
News
	Nico Hoerner went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and one RBI in Monday's 17-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Sep 1st	Chris Taylor announced on social media that he is officially retiring. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Nico Hoerner went 3-for-5 with one run scored and a stolen base in Friday's 10-8 loss against the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 29th	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
	Nico Hoerner went 1-for-5 with a stolen base in Friday's 6-5 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 22nd	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
	Nico Hoerner went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Friday's 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th	The Angels re-signed utility man Chris Taylor to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	Nico Hoerner went 2-for-3 with a double, one run scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Tuesday's 8-6 victory over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 12th	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
	Nico Hoerner 2B,SS - CHC			Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#150
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#204
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#176
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#179
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#367
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#365
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#362
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#329
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#308
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#258
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#158
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-2)	#84
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#277
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Taylor for Nico Hoerner (2026)

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