Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 217	# 218
VBR	# 719	# 261

Projections

Runs	14	22
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	10	17
Stolen Bases	5	9
Batting Average	.243	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	# 215

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	# 223

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 233

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 190

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jacob Young CF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	275

Runs	14	36

Hits	29	62

Singles	26	40

Doubles	1	12

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	1	8

RBI	11	32

Stolen Bases	6	11

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	12	17

Strikeouts	30	54

Batting Average	.330	.226

On Base Pct	.410	.283

Slugging Pct	.398	.371

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.654

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jacob Young CF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	99	177

Runs	14	22

Hits	24	44

Singles	17	32

Doubles	4	8

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	10	17

Stolen Bases	5	9

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	9	13

Strikeouts	27	36

Batting Average	.243	.247

On Base Pct	.307	.304

Slugging Pct	.361	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.668	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jacob Young CF - WSH
News
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Jacob Young went 1-for-3 in a win over the Athletics with a walk and two stolen bases. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Washington Nationals manager Blake Butera said Jacob Young was unavailable for Sunday's 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees due to a sore left hand. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 9-3 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th	Jacob Young went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th
	Samad Taylor went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the Padres 6-2 win over the Reds on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Jacob Young is in the Nationals lineup on Monday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Jacob Young was scratched from the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Pirates with left hand soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
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			Jacob Young CF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#260	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Samad Taylor (2026)

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