Who Should I Trade?

Richard Palacios for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 226	‐
VBR	# 1102	‐

Projections

Runs	3	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	2	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.242	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Richard Palacios 2B - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	109	‐

Runs	17	‐

Hits	34	‐

Singles	29	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	13	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Batting Average	.312	‐

On Base Pct	.390	‐

Slugging Pct	.395	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.785	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Richard Palacios 2B - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	21	‐

Runs	3	‐

Hits	5	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Batting Average	.242	‐

On Base Pct	.311	‐

Slugging Pct	.348	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.659	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Richard Palacios 2B - CLE
News
	The Padres activated INF/OF Samad Taylor from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	Samad Taylor took live swings on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Samad Taylor has resumed light swinging. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. 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
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			Richard Palacios 2B - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-6)	#394	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#195
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#196
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#75
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#265	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#272	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#347	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#181	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#249
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#330
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#321
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#330	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#321	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#75
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#214
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#304	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#281
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#305
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#151
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#262
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#156
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Riley Cornelio (2-2)	#280	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#144	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF	Anthony Molina		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-0)	#264	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#399	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-6)	#394
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310

Who Should I Trade?

Richard Palacios for Samad Taylor (2026)

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