Who Should I Trade?

Justin Dean for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 217	‐
VBR	# 838	# 1313

Projections

Runs	12	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	9	2
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.244	.197

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

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	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	7

Runs	14	3

Hits	29	2

Singles	26	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	11	3

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	2

Strikeouts	30	4

Batting Average	.330	.286

On Base Pct	.410	.444

Slugging Pct	.398	.571

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	1.016

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


At Bats	86	15

Runs	12	2

Hits	21	3

Singles	15	2

Doubles	3	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	9	2

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	2

Strikeouts	24	5

Batting Average	.244	.197

On Base Pct	.309	.271

Slugging Pct	.361	.282

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.554

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
News
	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	The Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 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	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 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 San Francisco Giants have designated outfielder Justin Dean for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 6th
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			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
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 (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Dean for Samad Taylor (2026)

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