Who Should I Trade?

Roman Anthony for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Roman Anthony LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 143	# 217
VBR	# 424	# 838

Projections

Runs	17	12
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	15	9
Stolen Bases	2	4
Batting Average	.264	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 128	# 129

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 103	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 158	# 207

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


At Bats	109	88

Runs	12	14

Hits	25	29

Singles	18	26

Doubles	5	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	5	11

Stolen Bases	2	6

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	20	12

Strikeouts	33	30

Batting Average	.229	.330

On Base Pct	.354	.410

Slugging Pct	.321	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Roman Anthony LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	109	86

Runs	17	12

Hits	29	21

Singles	18	15

Doubles	6	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	15	9

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	8

Strikeouts	31	24

Batting Average	.264	.244

On Base Pct	.363	.309

Slugging Pct	.435	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.799	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Roman Anthony LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Roman Anthony has yet to resume swinging a bat. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Roman Anthony continues to make slow progress. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony (finger) will meet with hand specialist Dr. Gary Lourie in Atlanta on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Roman Anthony is scheduled to visit with a hand specialist this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Roman Anthony hasn't resumed swinging yet. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Roman Anthony LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, May 9th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Roman Anthony for Samad Taylor (2026)

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