Who Should I Trade?

Ryan O'Hearn for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 102	# 217
VBR	# 137	# 641

Projections

Runs	26	13
Home Runs	7	2
RBI	27	9
Stolen Bases	1	5
Batting Average	.265	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 74	# 129

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 146	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 120	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 61	# 207

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	# 166

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	328	88

Runs	51	14

Hits	90	29

Singles	61	26

Doubles	13	1

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	16	1

RBI	64	11

Stolen Bases	1	6

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	28	12

Strikeouts	84	30

Batting Average	.274	.330

On Base Pct	.338	.410

Slugging Pct	.460	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	189	92

Runs	26	13

Hits	50	23

Singles	34	16

Doubles	9	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	27	9

Stolen Bases	1	5

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	19	9

Strikeouts	43	25

Batting Average	.265	.246

On Base Pct	.338	.311

Slugging Pct	.427	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.677

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three home runs and 10 RBI in the Pirates 12-4 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Ryan O'Hearn went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three RBI in the Pirates 11-1 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn finished a triple shy of the cycle by going 3-for-5 with a career-high six runs batted in on Wednesday to lift Pittsburgh to a 12-4 win over the Athletics. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn went 1-for-4 with a solo home run on Tuesday during the Pirates' 12-3 loss to the Dodgers. David Leisering Tue, Jun 9th	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs MIL
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 (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan O'Hearn for Samad Taylor (2026)

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