Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Grant Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 131	‐
VBR	# 232	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	37	2
Wins	2	0
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.29	6.16
WHIP	1.23	1.60

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 130	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 181	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	48.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	67	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	2.79	‐

WHIP	1.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	32	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	29.9	2.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	25	3

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	37	2

Walks	11	1

ERA	3.29	6.16

WHIP	1.23	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
News
	Grant Taylor allowed one walk while striking out two over 1 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in a 1-0 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Lefthander Cole Irvin has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Mon, Mar 16th
	Grant Taylor walked one and struck out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Dodgers signed left-hander Cole Irvin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 1st
	Grant Taylor struck out three over one scoreless inning to pick up the save in Saturday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 7th
	Grant Taylor will serve as an opener in Friday’s game against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS			Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ NYY
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU			@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Grant Taylor (2026)

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