Who Should I Trade?

Riley Greene for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Riley Greene LF,CF,RF,DH - DET	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	# 30	# 222
VBR	# 34	# 1067

Projections

Runs	26	9
Home Runs	9	1
RBI	28	6
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.267	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 29	# 165

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 35	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 27	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 36	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley Greene LF,CF,RF,DH - DET	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	406	88

Runs	61	14

Hits	111	29

Singles	71	26

Doubles	23	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	16	1

RBI	53	11

Stolen Bases	3	6

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	59	12

Strikeouts	125	30

Batting Average	.273	.330

On Base Pct	.366	.410

Slugging Pct	.453	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.819	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley Greene LF,CF,RF,DH - DET	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	176	62

Runs	26	9

Hits	47	15

Singles	28	11

Doubles	9	2

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	28	6

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	20	6

Strikeouts	54	17

Batting Average	.267	.241

On Base Pct	.347	.307

Slugging Pct	.473	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.820	.660

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley Greene LF,CF,RF,DH - DET	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Tigers outfielder Riley Greene went 3-for-5 with a homer in an 8-0 rout of the Mariners on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Aug 5th	Samad Taylor has resumed light swinging. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Tigers outfielder Riley Greene went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer and an additional run scored in an 8-6 extra-innings win over the Cubs on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Riley Greene went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Angels with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Tigers outfielder Riley Greene went 3-for-4 with a triple, a homer, and four RBI in a 6-3 win over the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Tigers outfielder Riley Greene went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-0 win over the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Riley Greene LF,CF,RF,DH - DET			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Riley Greene for Samad Taylor (2026)

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