Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Santiago Espinal (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 217	‐
VBR	# 838	‐

Projections

Runs	12	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	9	3
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.244	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 371

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	56

Runs	14	5

Hits	29	15

Singles	26	11

Doubles	1	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	11	7

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	30	8

Batting Average	.330	.268

On Base Pct	.410	.276

Slugging Pct	.398	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	24

Runs	12	3

Hits	21	6

Singles	15	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	9	3

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	2

Strikeouts	24	5

Batting Average	.244	.234

On Base Pct	.309	.280

Slugging Pct	.361	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.620

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
News
	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rangers signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Santiago Espinal was designated for assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Santiago Espinal was called back up to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th
	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	The Dodgers sent INF Santiago Espinal outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 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	The Dodgers designated INF Santiago Espinal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
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			Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Santiago Espinal (2026)

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