Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Seiya Suzuki (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Seiya Suzuki LF,RF,DH - CHC	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	# 57	# 217
VBR	# 48	# 838

Projections

Runs	31	12
Home Runs	10	2
RBI	31	9
Stolen Bases	2	4
Batting Average	.261	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 60	# 129

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 52	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 53	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 68	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Seiya Suzuki LF,RF,DH - CHC	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	331	88

Runs	54	14

Hits	89	29

Singles	56	26

Doubles	16	1

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	17	1

RBI	57	11

Stolen Bases	1	6

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	44	12

Strikeouts	100	30

Batting Average	.269	.330

On Base Pct	.359	.410

Slugging Pct	.471	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.830	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Seiya Suzuki LF,RF,DH - CHC	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	199	86

Runs	31	12

Hits	52	21

Singles	31	15

Doubles	10	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	31	9

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	25	8

Strikeouts	57	24

Batting Average	.261	.244

On Base Pct	.347	.309

Slugging Pct	.472	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.819	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Seiya Suzuki LF,RF,DH - CHC	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-4 with a home run, one walk, one run scored and two RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Seiya Suzuki left Thursday's game against the Orioles due to cramps in his calf. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Wednesday's 9-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Seiya Suzuki went 3-for-5 with one home run, one double, one walk, three runs scored and three RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Seiya Suzuki went 2-for-5 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Seiya Suzuki LF,RF,DH - CHC			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Seiya Suzuki (2026)

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