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Jacob Melton for Samad Taylor (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD  | Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 226 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 822 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 1 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 0 | ‐ |
| RBI | 0 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .237 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL60 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 165 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 166 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 207 | ‐ |
| Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD | Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 152 | ‐ |
| Runs | 26 | ‐ |
| Hits | 48 | ‐ |
| Singles | 40 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 4 | ‐ |
| Triples | 2 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 2 | ‐ |
| RBI | 18 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 13 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | ‐ |
| Walks | 18 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 45 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .316 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .390 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .408 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .797 | ‐ |
| Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD | Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 5 | ‐ |
| Runs | 1 | ‐ |
| Hits | 1 | ‐ |
| Singles | 1 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 0 | ‐ |
| Triples | 0 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 0 | ‐ |
| RBI | 0 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | ‐ |
| Walks | 0 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 1 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .237 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .275 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .270 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .545 | ‐ |
| Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD | Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB | |
| News | ||
| The Padres activated INF/OF Samad Taylor from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th | The Rays recalled Jacob Melton from Triple-A and placed him on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 15th | |
| Samad Taylor took live swings on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th | Rays OF prospect Jacob Melton is dealing with right hamstring tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd | |
| Samad Taylor has resumed light swinging. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st | Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd | |
| The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th | Melton (thumb) is dealing with minor soreness in his left thumb and was held out of Thursday's Grapefruit League matchup with Boston. He is 2-for-9 with one home run, one walk and five strikeouts across four spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th | |
| Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD | Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal | #2 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore | #95 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty | #179 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy | #109 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ STL | Dustin May | #35 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs SF | Landen Roupp | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison | #62 | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs SF | Logan Webb | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff | ||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs SF | Adrian Houser | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #7 | |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ BOS | Sonny Gray | #45 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober | #155 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ BOS | Connelly Early | #76 | @ MIN | Mick Abel | |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez | #70 | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler | #59 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon | |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes | #14 | vs CHC | Javier Assad | #243 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller | vs CHC | Colin Rea | #262 | |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #263 | vs NYY | Luis Gil | #225 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs COL | Ryan Feltner | #230 | vs NYY | Max Fried | #21 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland | #187 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler | #9 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo | #13 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz | #154 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock | #135 | @ CWS | Sean Burke | #58 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo | #97 | @ CWS | Jordan Leasure | |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano | #23 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler | #59 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi | #57 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes | #14 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena | #40 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller | |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder | #200 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ COL | Jimmy Herget | #272 | vs CIN | Chase Burns | |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #263 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson | #241 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley | #44 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen | #216 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober | #155 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson | #132 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd | #78 | @ CLE | Parker Messick | #29 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera | #126 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #80 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon | @ CLE | Gavin Williams | #20 | |
| Fri, May 1st | vs CWS | Noah Schultz | #154 | vs SF | Robbie Ray | #198 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CWS | Sean Burke | #58 | vs SF | Landen Roupp | |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay | #121 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle | #71 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald | vs TOR | Eric Lauer | ||
| Tue, May 5th | @ SF | Logan Webb | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman | #36 | |
| Wed, May 6th | @ SF | Adrian Houser | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin | ||
| Thu, May 7th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore | #95 | @ BOS | Jake Bennett | #210 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy | #109 | @ BOS | Connelly Early | #76 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy | #79 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle | #30 |
| Mon, May 11th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman | #36 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin | ||
| Wed, May 13th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #7 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease | |
| Fri, May 15th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock | #135 | vs MIA | Janson Junk | #138 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert | #8 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara | #77 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ SEA | George Kirby | #33 | vs MIA | Eury Perez | #22 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #4 | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers | #42 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #65 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish | |
| Wed, May 20th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani | #1 | vs BAL | Shane Baz | #85 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #267 | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole | #18 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs ATH | Luis Medina | #270 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers | |
| Mon, May 25th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish | ||
| Tue, May 26th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola | #68 | @ BAL | Shane Baz | #85 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #6 | @ BAL | Trey Gibson | #249 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ WSH | Paxton Schultz | vs LAA | Walbert Urena | #40 | |
| Sat, May 30th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin | #54 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers | #16 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ WSH | Zack Littell | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz | ||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs DET | Ty Madden | ||||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ PHI | Aaron Nola | #68 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty | #179 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #6 | vs DET | Troy Melton | |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs NYM | Christian Scott | @ MIA | Ryan Gusto | #142 | |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean | #28 | @ MIA | Lake Bachar | #156 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban | #229 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara | #77 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott | #149 | vs BOS | Connelly Early | #76 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs CIN | Chase Burns | vs BOS | Payton Tolle | #30 | |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs CIN | Brady Singer | #221 | vs BOS | Jake Bennett | #210 |
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ BAL | Shane Baz | #85 | @ LAA | Sam Aldegheri | #239 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ BAL | Trey Gibson | #249 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano | #23 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers | #42 | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez | #64 |
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ STL | Dustin May | #35 | @ LAD | Eric Lauer | |
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ STL | Andre Pallante | #87 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski | #50 |
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy | #79 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani | #1 |
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom | #12 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin | |
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore | #39 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli | #34 |
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | #66 | vs WSH | Andrew Alvarez | #88 |
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ATL | Grant Holmes | #193 | vs KC | Michael Wacha | #99 |
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ATL | JR Ritchie | #103 | vs KC | Luinder Avila | |
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ATL | Martin Perez | #82 | vs KC | Noah Cameron | #91 |
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs KC | Seth Lugo | #184 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki | #102 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen | #216 |
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #4 | vs ARI | ||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #65 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly | #146 |
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd | #78 | @ KC | Noah Cameron | #91 |
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ CHC | Colin Rea | #262 | @ KC | Seth Lugo | #184 |
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki | #102 | @ KC | Stephen Kolek | |
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani | #1 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | #181 |
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #4 | @ HOU | Hunter Brown | #19 |
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #65 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert | #185 |
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | #130 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler | #9 |
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen | #216 | vs NYY | Will Warren | #69 |
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ARI | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole | #18 | ||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly | #146 | vs NYY | Paul Blackburn | #250 |
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs TOR | Shane Bieber | vs SEA | Luis Castillo | #97 | |
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage | #24 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert | #8 |
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman | #36 | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock | #135 |
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ KC | Seth Lugo | #184 | @ BOS | Eduardo Rivera | |
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ KC | Randy Dobnak | #254 | @ BOS | Patrick Sandoval | #92 |
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ KC | Noah Cameron | #91 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray | #45 |
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder | @ TOR | Dylan Cease | ||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman | #36 | |
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ ATL | Martin Perez | #82 | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher | #158 |
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ ATL | Chris Sale | #3 | @ TOR | Shane Bieber | |
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ MIA | Ryan Gusto | #142 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo | #63 |
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ MIA | Eury Perez | #22 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee | #80 |
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ MIA | Janson Junk | #138 | vs CLE | Parker Messick | #29 |
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen | vs TEX | Cal Quantrill | ||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs COL | Gabriel Hughes | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore | #39 | |
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs SF | Robbie Ray | #198 | vs TEX | Cole Winn | |
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs SF | Carson Whisenhunt | vs CWS | Erick Fedde | #157 | |
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs SF | Tyler Mahle | #71 | vs CWS | Jordan Hicks | #140 |
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp | vs CWS | Anthony Kay | #121 | |
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | #130 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen | |
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | #191 | @ COL | Gabriel Hughes | |
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ ARI | Mitch Bratt | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #263 | |
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs HOU | Ronel Blanco | #207 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert | #8 |
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert | #185 | @ SEA | George Kirby | #33 |
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs HOU | Cristian Javier | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock | #135 | |
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson | #11 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez | #251 |
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison | #62 | @ ATH | Mason Barnett | #278 |
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs MIL | Dustin May | #35 | @ ATH | Jack Perkins | #171 |
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams | #20 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt | #175 |
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo | #63 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish | |
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #80 | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers | #42 |
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean | #28 | vs BAL | Brandon Young | #168 |
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ NYM | Zac Thornton | #122 | vs TOR | Jose Soriano | #23 |
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ NYM | Robert Stock | vs TOR | Max Scherzer | #127 | |
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs TOR | Shane Bieber | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp | #110 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers | #42 |
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs MIN | Dean Kremer | #81 | @ BAL | Brandon Young | #168 |
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs MIN | Bailey Ober | #155 | @ BAL | Shane Baz | #85 |
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft | @ DET | Framber Valdez | #53 | |
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs PIT | Paul Skenes | #14 | @ DET | Jackson Jobe | #115 |
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler | #59 | @ DET | Troy Melton | |
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan | vs SD | Casey Mize | #47 | |
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ TB | Nick Martinez | #208 | vs SD | Walker Buehler | #90 |
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen | #26 | vs SD | Robbie Ray | #198 |
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ CIN | Brady Singer | #221 | vs NYM | Robert Stock | |
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo | #169 | vs NYM | Sean Manaea | #46 |
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson | #241 | vs NYM | Justin Hagenman | |
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ TEX | Cal Quantrill | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs NYY | Max Fried | #21 | @ TEX | Trevor Williams | #114 |
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon | #32 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom | #12 |
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole | #18 | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore | #39 |
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs WSH | Riley Cornelio | #197 | @ ATL | AJ Smith-Shawver | #147 |
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs WSH | Jackson Kent | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | ||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ ATL | Martin Perez | #82 | |||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ SF | Anthony Molina | #192 | vs HOU | Miguel Ullola | #165 |
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ SF | Cesar Perdomo | #252 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert | #185 |
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ SF | Logan Webb | vs HOU | Hayden Wesneski | #100 | |
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland | #187 | vs ATH | Jack Perkins | #171 |
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ COL | Mason Adams | #166 | vs ATH | Brady Basso | #194 |
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ COL | Tanner Gordon | #222 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #267 |
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIA | Tyler Phillips | #247 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez | #70 |
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIA | Eury Perez | #22 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello | #111 |
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara | #77 | vs BOS | Patrick Sandoval | #92 |
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ LAD | Brock Stewart | @ NYY | Max Fried | #21 | |
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #4 | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole | #18 |
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow | #10 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler | #9 |
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | #130 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #6 |
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs ARI | Taylor Clarke | @ PHI | Aaron Nola | #68 | |
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs ARI | Michael Soroka | #48 | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler | #5 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs DET | Framber Valdez | #53 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs COL | Jimmy Herget | #272 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ COL | Ryan Feltner | #230 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | vs STL | Dustin May | #35 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison | #62 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn | ||||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler | #5 | |||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga | #49 | |||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ARI | Kohl Drake | #123 | |||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin | #213 | |||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #263 | |||
