Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Michael Soroka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 75	# 122
VBR	# 281	# 185

Projections

Strikeouts	46	36
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	6
ERA	4.11	3.19
WHIP	1.32	1.20

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 60	# 107

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	# 130

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 181

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 105	# 18

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	39

Games Started	15	4

Innings Pitched	82.0	52.1

Wins	8	4

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	5

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	72	38

Earned Runs	28	15

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	79	74

Walks	17	18

ERA	3.07	2.58

WHIP	1.09	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	30

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	47.2	29.7

Wins	3	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	43	24

Earned Runs	22	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	46	36

Walks	16	11

ERA	4.11	3.19

WHIP	1.32	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS
News
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a simulated game on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Michael Soroka will throw bullpens on Saturday and Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Michael Soroka remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday and Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI			Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#133
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Michael Soroka (2026)

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