Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Justin Slaten (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 93	# 258
VBR	# 217	# 415

Projections

Strikeouts	29	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	6	0
ERA	3.25	3.75
WHIP	1.22	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 109	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 130	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 18	# 126

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 181	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	33

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	56.1	28.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	4

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	7	17

Hits Allowed	40	31

Earned Runs	15	14

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	76	36

Walks	18	6

ERA	2.40	4.40

WHIP	1.03	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.0	19.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	19	18

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	29	20

Walks	9	7

ERA	3.25	3.75

WHIP	1.22	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
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	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th
	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	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
	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	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	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	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Grant Taylor will serve as an opener in Friday’s game against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	Justin Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th
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			Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Justin Slaten (2026)

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