Who Should I Trade?

Juan Soto for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	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	# 3	# 217
VBR	# 3	# 664

Projections

Runs	41	13
Home Runs	15	2
RBI	39	9
Stolen Bases	7	5
Batting Average	.280	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 5	# 129

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 3	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 6	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 3	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	293	88

Runs	46	14

Hits	83	29

Singles	52	26

Doubles	8	1

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	21	1

RBI	52	11

Stolen Bases	7	6

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	61	12

Strikeouts	48	30

Batting Average	.283	.330

On Base Pct	.405	.410

Slugging Pct	.539	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.944	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	206	93

Runs	41	13

Hits	58	23

Singles	33	17

Doubles	9	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	15	2

RBI	39	9

Stolen Bases	7	5

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	48	9

Strikeouts	43	25

Batting Average	.280	.247

On Base Pct	.423	.312

Slugging Pct	.546	.367

On-base Plus Slugging	.969	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Juan Soto (calf) returns to the lineup for the New York Mets against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Juan Soto left Thursday’s game against the Phillies due to left calf soreness. 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
	Juan Soto went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Royals with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Juan Soto went 1-for-2 in a 7-6 win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, one stolen base, one walk, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Juan Soto went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk in Friday’s 5-3 loss to Atlanta. He tied the game with a two-run shot off Grant Holmes in the third inning. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Juan Soto for Samad Taylor (2026)

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