Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 217	# 388
VBR	# 641	# 1276

Projections

Runs	13	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	9	2
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.246	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 449

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 393

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	69

Runs	14	7

Hits	29	16

Singles	26	10

Doubles	1	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	11	10

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	5

Strikeouts	30	21

Batting Average	.330	.232

On Base Pct	.410	.312

Slugging Pct	.398	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	92	18

Runs	13	2

Hits	23	4

Singles	16	3

Doubles	3	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	9	2

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	25	4

Batting Average	.246	.233

On Base Pct	.311	.295

Slugging Pct	.366	.329

On-base Plus Slugging	.677	.624

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
News
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	The Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Sterlin Thompson went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs on Wednesday in the Rockies' 8-6 loss to the Cubs. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
	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 Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	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	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	The Rockies optioned Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD			Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#423
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

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