Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 226	# 246
VBR	# 1164	# 307

Projections

Runs	3	11
Home Runs	0	2
RBI	2	10
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.233	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	# 233

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	# 243

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 359

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 193

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	288

Runs	14	35

Hits	29	65

Singles	26	50

Doubles	1	11

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	4

RBI	11	26

Stolen Bases	6	7

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	12	31

Strikeouts	30	75

Batting Average	.330	.226

On Base Pct	.410	.312

Slugging Pct	.398	.306

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.617

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	21	85

Runs	3	11

Hits	5	20

Singles	4	13

Doubles	1	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	2	10

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	10

Strikeouts	6	20

Batting Average	.233	.231

On Base Pct	.301	.325

Slugging Pct	.326	.358

On-base Plus Slugging	.628	.683

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
News
	Samad Taylor took live swings on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-5 with a home run in the Padres 5-0 win over the Guardians on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Samad Taylor has resumed light swinging. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	The Padres have activated infielder Jake Cronenworth off the concussion injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Jake Cronenworth will begin his rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
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			Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Samad Taylor (2026)

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