Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 200	# 217
VBR	# 339	# 664

Projections

Runs	16	13
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	13	9
Stolen Bases	7	5
Batting Average	.281	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 145	# 129

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 187	# 166

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 201	# 207

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 214	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	247	88

Runs	35	14

Hits	75	29

Singles	62	26

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	21	11

Stolen Bases	18	6

Caught Stealing	6	1

Walks	14	12

Strikeouts	46	30

Batting Average	.304	.330

On Base Pct	.355	.410

Slugging Pct	.377	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	135	93

Runs	16	13

Hits	38	23

Singles	29	17

Doubles	7	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	13	9

Stolen Bases	7	5

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	7	9

Strikeouts	25	25

Batting Average	.281	.247

On Base Pct	.322	.312

Slugging Pct	.371	.367

On-base Plus Slugging	.694	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Jake Mangum was scratched from Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader with right foot discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Jake Mangum was scratched from the Pirates lineup in Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Jake Mangum went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 10-5 loss against the Braves on Thursday. Ari Koslow 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 Mangum went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI on Sunday as the Pirates hung on for an 8-6 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st	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 Mangum went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles and a stolen base on Saturday as the Pirates defeated the Marlins, 3-2. David Leisering Sun, Jun 14th	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for Samad Taylor (2026)

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