Who Should I Trade?

Jose Altuve for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	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	# 87	# 217
VBR	# 104	# 724

Projections

Runs	31	14
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	28	10
Stolen Bases	4	5
Batting Average	.260	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 101	# 122

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 83	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 93	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	294	88

Runs	45	14

Hits	68	29

Singles	43	26

Doubles	13	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	11	1

RBI	27	11

Stolen Bases	2	6

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	29	12

Strikeouts	71	30

Batting Average	.231	.330

On Base Pct	.302	.410

Slugging Pct	.395	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	219	99

Runs	31	14

Hits	57	24

Singles	38	17

Doubles	10	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	28	10

Stolen Bases	4	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	21	9

Strikeouts	46	27

Batting Average	.260	.243

On Base Pct	.331	.307

Slugging Pct	.428	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.668

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-4 in Sunday's 6-5 loss to the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Nationals with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-3 in a win over the Rays with one walk and one stolen base. 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
	Jose Altuve went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rays with a double, a triple, two walks, and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs ARI
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			vs COL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Altuve for Samad Taylor (2026)

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