Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 133	# 216
VBR	# 140	# 870

Projections

Runs	23	11
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	19	8
Stolen Bases	6	4
Batting Average	.269	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL10

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 114	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 207

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	# 126

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	268	88

Runs	32	14

Hits	69	29

Singles	47	26

Doubles	17	1

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	30	11

Stolen Bases	5	6

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	24	12

Strikeouts	45	30

Batting Average	.258	.330

On Base Pct	.316	.410

Slugging Pct	.369	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	79

Runs	23	11

Hits	44	19

Singles	31	14

Doubles	9	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	19	8

Stolen Bases	6	4

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	16	8

Strikeouts	28	22

Batting Average	.269	.245

On Base Pct	.330	.312

Slugging Pct	.400	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to play 5-7 innings in the field on Tuesday with Double-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Royals utility player Maikel Garcia (hand) is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to be re-evaluated on Sunday. 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
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to undergo further evaluation on Tuesday to determine a better timeline for his return. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	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 Royals placed Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list with a left hand muscle strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#228
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Samad Taylor (2026)

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