Who Should I Trade?

Jake Fraley 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 Fraley LF,RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 217	# 360
VBR	# 719	# 1102

Projections

Runs	14	11
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	10	10
Stolen Bases	5	3
Batting Average	.243	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 343

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 331

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	82

Runs	14	6

Hits	29	19

Singles	26	10

Doubles	1	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	11	5

Stolen Bases	6	3

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	8

Strikeouts	30	25

Batting Average	.330	.232

On Base Pct	.410	.300

Slugging Pct	.398	.390

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.690

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	99	86

Runs	14	11

Hits	24	20

Singles	17	14

Doubles	4	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	10	10

Stolen Bases	5	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	9	9

Strikeouts	27	21

Batting Average	.243	.236

On Base Pct	.307	.313

Slugging Pct	.361	.367

On-base Plus Slugging	.668	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB
News
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Jake Fraley is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Jake Fraley was pulled off his rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow 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	Rays outfielder Jake Fraley returned to his rehab assignment and went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Jake Fraley is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Jake Fraley began a rehab assignment in the Florida Complex League on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
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 Fraley LF,RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#260	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#287
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL			@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Fraley for Samad Taylor (2026)

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