Who Should I Trade?

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 222	# 191
VBR	# 1067	# 234

Projections

Runs	10	15
Home Runs	1	4
RBI	7	18
Stolen Bases	4	2
Batting Average	.244	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	# 254

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	# 186

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 273

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 151

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 172

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	174

Runs	14	12

Hits	29	36

Singles	26	26

Doubles	1	8

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	11	21

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	10

Strikeouts	30	34

Batting Average	.330	.207

On Base Pct	.410	.254

Slugging Pct	.398	.287

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.541

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	130

Runs	10	15

Hits	17	34

Singles	13	23

Doubles	3	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	4

RBI	7	18

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	7	8

Strikeouts	19	23

Batting Average	.244	.257

On Base Pct	.310	.307

Slugging Pct	.355	.405

On-base Plus Slugging	.664	.712

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF,DH - ARI
News
	Samad Taylor has resumed light swinging. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said he's hopeful Lourdes Gurriel Jr. will be on the IL for the minimum stint. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Diamondbacks placed OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on the 10-day injured list with a right adductor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	The Phillies have expressed interest in Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 8-2 win over the Giants on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	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 Diamondbacks activated Lourdes Gurriel Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
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			Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SD
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. for Samad Taylor (2026)

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