Who Should I Trade?

Masataka Yoshida for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 217	# 290
VBR	# 724	# 513

Projections

Runs	14	14
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	10	15
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.243	.272

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 242

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 279

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	187

Runs	14	25

Hits	29	50

Singles	26	34

Doubles	1	11

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	1	4

RBI	11	18

Stolen Bases	6	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	19

Strikeouts	30	24

Batting Average	.330	.267

On Base Pct	.410	.343

Slugging Pct	.398	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.744

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	99	113

Runs	14	14

Hits	24	31

Singles	17	22

Doubles	4	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	10	15

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	10

Strikeouts	27	17

Batting Average	.243	.272

On Base Pct	.307	.337

Slugging Pct	.361	.407

On-base Plus Slugging	.668	.744

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
News
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Masataka Yoshida went 3-for-5 in Friday’s win over the Rays with a double, a home run, one RBI, and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 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	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Roman Anthony's recovery from a finger injury is taking longer than originally anticipated, clearing up the outfield and DH logjam that had limited Yoshida's playing time earlier in the season. Yoshida lost sight of a fly ball in left field in the fourth inning Sunday, allowing the Guardians to take a lead, before delivering a two-run single during Boston's six-run seventh inning to put the Red Sox ahead for good. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 1st
	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Masataka Yoshida went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th
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			Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs BAL
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			@ ATH
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			@ ATH
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Masataka Yoshida for Samad Taylor (2026)

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