Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Teoscar Hernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Teoscar Hernandez LF,RF - LAD	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	# 68	# 216
VBR	# 58	# 975

Projections

Runs	26	10
Home Runs	9	1
RBI	29	8
Stolen Bases	2	4
Batting Average	.259	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 54	# 126

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 54	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 115	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 79	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 65	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 146	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Teoscar Hernandez LF,RF - LAD	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	266	88

Runs	44	14

Hits	66	29

Singles	45	26

Doubles	12	1

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	38	11

Stolen Bases	2	6

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	27	12

Strikeouts	81	30

Batting Average	.248	.330

On Base Pct	.319	.410

Slugging Pct	.395	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Teoscar Hernandez LF,RF - LAD	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	180	74

Runs	26	10

Hits	47	18

Singles	28	13

Doubles	9	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	29	8

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	7

Strikeouts	52	20

Batting Average	.259	.243

On Base Pct	.317	.309

Slugging Pct	.461	.351

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Teoscar Hernandez LF,RF - LAD	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Teoscar Hernandez went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mariners with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI and one walk. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	Samad Taylor has resumed light swinging. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Teoscar Hernandez went 1-for-4 in a win over the Padres with a home run, one run scored, four RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Dodgers activated Teoscar Hernandez from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Teoscar Hernandez will be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Teoscar Hernandez hit a a two-run homer on Friday in a rehab game for Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Teoscar Hernandez LF,RF - LAD			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#226
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs ARI
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Teoscar Hernandez (2026)

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