Who Should I Trade?

Christopher Morel for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Christopher Morel 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 217	# 368
VBR	# 780	‐

Projections

Runs	12	4
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	9	4
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.245	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 475

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 327

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Christopher Morel 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	68

Runs	14	3

Hits	29	11

Singles	26	8

Doubles	1	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	11	1

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	4

Strikeouts	30	28

Batting Average	.330	.162

On Base Pct	.410	.219

Slugging Pct	.398	.206

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.425

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Christopher Morel 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	87	31

Runs	12	4

Hits	21	7

Singles	16	4

Doubles	3	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	9	4

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	24	10

Batting Average	.245	.213

On Base Pct	.310	.284

Slugging Pct	.361	.410

On-base Plus Slugging	.671	.693

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Christopher Morel 1B,LF,DH - NYM
News
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Christopher Morel agreed to a minor-league deal with the Mets on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Marlins sent 1B/OF Christopher Morel outright to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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	The Marlins designated Christopher Morel for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Christopher Morel went 1-for-4 with one RBI and a stolen base in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	The Marlins activated Christopher Morel from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD			Christopher Morel 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#238	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Christopher Morel for Samad Taylor (2026)

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