Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	# 217
VBR	# 250	# 838

Projections

Runs	20	12
Home Runs	7	2
RBI	21	9
Stolen Bases	3	4
Batting Average	.224	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	# 129

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 207

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


At Bats	320	88

Runs	60	14

Hits	83	29

Singles	49	26

Doubles	15	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	18	1

RBI	59	11

Stolen Bases	7	6

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	51	12

Strikeouts	101	30

Batting Average	.259	.330

On Base Pct	.365	.410

Slugging Pct	.481	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.847	.808

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


At Bats	138	86

Runs	20	12

Hits	31	21

Singles	18	15

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	21	9

Stolen Bases	3	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	20	8

Strikeouts	46	24

Batting Average	.224	.244

On Base Pct	.328	.309

Slugging Pct	.419	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rockies with three runs scored, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Jake Bauers went 0-for-2 in Saturday's loss to the Pirates with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Pirates with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-4 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Samad Taylor (2026)

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