Who Should I Trade?

James Triantos for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	James Triantos 2B,LF,CF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 217	‐
VBR	# 689	‐

Projections

Runs	13	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	9	1
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.247	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	James Triantos 2B,LF,CF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	‐

Runs	14	‐

Hits	29	‐

Singles	26	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	12	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Batting Average	.330	‐

On Base Pct	.410	‐

Slugging Pct	.398	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	James Triantos 2B,LF,CF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	92	10

Runs	13	1

Hits	23	3

Singles	16	2

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	9	1

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	25	2

Batting Average	.247	.250

On Base Pct	.312	.286

Slugging Pct	.368	.300

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	.586

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	James Triantos 2B,LF,CF - CHC
News
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	The Cubs have optioned utility player James Triantos to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 8th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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
	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
	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
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			James Triantos 2B,LF,CF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-1)	#254	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

James Triantos for Samad Taylor (2026)

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