Who Should I Trade?

Oneil Cruz for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	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	# 62	# 216
VBR	# 100	# 934

Projections

Runs	19	10
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	18	7
Stolen Bases	8	4
Batting Average	.243	.242

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 66	# 126

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 90	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 87	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	250	88

Runs	45	14

Hits	66	29

Singles	42	26

Doubles	10	1

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	14	1

RBI	44	11

Stolen Bases	21	6

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	30	12

Strikeouts	98	30

Batting Average	.264	.330

On Base Pct	.350	.410

Slugging Pct	.472	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.822	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	123	73

Runs	19	10

Hits	30	18

Singles	17	13

Doubles	6	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	18	7

Stolen Bases	8	4

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	15	7

Strikeouts	43	20

Batting Average	.243	.242

On Base Pct	.332	.308

Slugging Pct	.455	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.660

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Oneil Cruz has been cleared for all baseball activities. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Samad Taylor has resumed light swinging. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Oneil Cruz remains hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early August. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Oneil Cruz is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early August. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	The Pirates transferred Oneil Cruz to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow 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
	Oneil Cruz has resumed swinging a bat. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Oneil Cruz for Samad Taylor (2026)

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