Who Should I Trade?

Randal Grichuk for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 217	‐
VBR	# 641	# 1187

Projections

Runs	13	7
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	9	7
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.246	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 267

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	145

Runs	14	23

Hits	29	36

Singles	26	16

Doubles	1	10

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	1	9

RBI	11	24

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	6

Strikeouts	30	36

Batting Average	.330	.248

On Base Pct	.410	.281

Slugging Pct	.398	.517

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.798

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	92	55

Runs	13	7

Hits	23	13

Singles	16	8

Doubles	3	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	9	7

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	4

Strikeouts	25	13

Batting Average	.246	.231

On Base Pct	.311	.281

Slugging Pct	.366	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.677	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
News
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-2 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Randal Grichuk went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Tigers with a solo home run, one double, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
	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	Randal Grichuk delivered the heavy lifting even as Chicago let this one slip away. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 6th
	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Randal Grichuk provided a quick jolt, but it wasn’t enough in a 5-4 loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD			Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Randal Grichuk for Samad Taylor (2026)

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