Who Should I Trade?

Chris Taylor for Randal Grichuk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS	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	# 269	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.232	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	RET

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 267	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	265	‐

Runs	41	‐

Hits	76	‐

Singles	34	‐

Doubles	25	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	15	‐

RBI	46	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	11	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Batting Average	.287	‐

On Base Pct	.314	‐

Slugging Pct	.566	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.880	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	5	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	1	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Batting Average	.232	‐

On Base Pct	.273	‐

Slugging Pct	.322	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.595	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
News
	Randal Grichuk went 4-for-5 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two doubles, four runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Sep 23rd	Chris Taylor announced on social media that he is officially retiring. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-4 in a win over the Cardinals with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 13th	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
	Randal Grichuk went 2-for-2 in a win over the Twins with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Sep 7th	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
	Randal Grichuk went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	The Angels re-signed utility man Chris Taylor to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Cubs with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS			Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#161
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (7-1)	#117
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-7)	#57
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (5-9)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#239
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#249
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#207
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#207
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (6-2)	#100
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (2-4)	#156
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#212
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#281
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Taylor for Randal Grichuk (2026)

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