Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for John Schreiber (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 132	# 381
VBR	# 185	# 668

Projections

Strikeouts	36	19
Wins	2	1
Saves	6	0
ERA	3.19	4.37
WHIP	1.20	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 108	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 130	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	# 370

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 181	# 419

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	John Schreiber RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	43

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	51.1	39.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	3

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	6	7

Hits Allowed	38	38

Earned Runs	15	17

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	72	29

Walks	17	15

ERA	2.63	3.89

WHIP	1.07	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	John Schreiber RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.7	22.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	24	21

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	36	19

Walks	11	8

ERA	3.19	4.37

WHIP	1.20	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	John Schreiber RP - KC
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	John Schreiber took the loss on Tuesday, allowing one unearned run on one hit while striking out one in the tenth inning. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	John Schreiber allowed one hit and fired a scoreless frame on 15 pitches to earn the save. Chase Davis Tue, Mar 31st
	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	John Schreiber and the Kansas City Royals avoided arbitration and agreed to a one-year deal worth $3.715 million for the 2026 season. David Leisering Mon, Jan 12th
	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			John Schreiber RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for John Schreiber (2026)

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