Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Jeff Hoffman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 132	# 118
VBR	# 232	# 340

Projections

Strikeouts	37	29
Wins	2	2
Saves	5	2
ERA	3.29	3.46
WHIP	1.23	1.20

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 108	# 204

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	# 88

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 181	# 236

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 130	# 121

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 116

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	45

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	49.1	42.1

Wins	4	5

Losses	2	6

Saves	5	5

Blown Saves	3	4

Holds	5	11

Hits Allowed	38	44

Earned Runs	15	21

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	67	66

Walks	17	16

ERA	2.74	4.46

WHIP	1.11	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	32	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.9	23.3

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	6

Hits Allowed	25	18

Earned Runs	11	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	37	29

Walks	11	9

ERA	3.29	3.46

WHIP	1.23	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
News
	Grant Taylor allowed two hits over a scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Blue Jays right-hander Jeff Hoffman earned the save on Saturday in a 5-2 win over the Pirates. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th
	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	Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said the team is moving to a closer by committee approach. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	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	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jeff Hoffman will be unavailable on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	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	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman blew his third save of the season in an eventual 9-7 win over the Brewers on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Apr 15th
	Grant Taylor will serve as an opener in Friday’s game against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman recorded a save as part of Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS			Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Jeff Hoffman (2026)

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