Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Stowers for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	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	# 97	# 222
VBR	# 124	# 1067

Projections

Runs	23	10
Home Runs	8	1
RBI	26	7
Stolen Bases	1	4
Batting Average	.239	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 94	# 165

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 91	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 159	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	332	88

Runs	42	14

Hits	78	29

Singles	39	26

Doubles	20	1

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	16	1

RBI	48	11

Stolen Bases	1	6

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	36	12

Strikeouts	120	30

Batting Average	.235	.330

On Base Pct	.321	.410

Slugging Pct	.458	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	163	70

Runs	23	10

Hits	39	17

Singles	22	13

Doubles	8	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	26	7

Stolen Bases	1	4

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	18	7

Strikeouts	54	19

Batting Average	.239	.244

On Base Pct	.326	.310

Slugging Pct	.449	.355

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.664

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Kyle Stowers went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Friday's 5-2 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 1st	Samad Taylor has resumed light swinging. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Thursday's 4-2 loss against the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 30th	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and one RBI in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Kyle Stowers went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Sunday's 5-3 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Stowers for Samad Taylor (2026)

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