Who Should I Trade?

Eloy Jimenez for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Eloy Jimenez RF,DH - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 222	‐
VBR	# 1067	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	7	‐
Stolen Bases	4	‐
Batting Average	.244	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 327

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Eloy Jimenez RF,DH - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	31

Runs	14	2

Hits	29	9

Singles	26	9

Doubles	1	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	11	3

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	3

Strikeouts	30	7

Batting Average	.330	.290

On Base Pct	.410	.343

Slugging Pct	.398	.290

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.633

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Eloy Jimenez RF,DH - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	17	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Batting Average	.244	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.355	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.664	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Eloy Jimenez RF,DH - TOR
News
	Samad Taylor has resumed light swinging. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Blue Jays signed Eloy Jimenez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Eloy Jiménez elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	The Blue Jays designated Eloy Jimenez for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Eloy Jimenez went 1-for-2 with two RBI in the Blue Jays 4-2 win over the Angels on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	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 Blue Jays selected the contract of OF Eloy Jiménez from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD			Eloy Jimenez RF,DH - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Eloy Jimenez for Samad Taylor (2026)

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