Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Montes for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 217	‐
VBR	# 780	‐

Projections

Runs	12	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	9	‐
Stolen Bases	4	‐
Batting Average	.245	‐

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	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
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	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	87	‐

Runs	12	‐

Hits	21	‐

Singles	16	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	8	‐

Strikeouts	24	‐

Batting Average	.245	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.361	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.671	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
News
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Mariners top prospect Lázaro Montes has been promoted to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Mariners reassigned OF Lazaro Montes to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	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			Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#238	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

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