Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Trevor Larnach (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trevor Larnach LF,RF,DH - MIN	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 192	# 217
VBR	# 290	# 724

Projections

Runs	22	14
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	20	10
Stolen Bases	2	5
Batting Average	.253	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 238	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	# 207

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 167	# 122

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 166

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor Larnach LF,RF,DH - MIN	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	259	88

Runs	45	14

Hits	74	29

Singles	48	26

Doubles	18	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	33	11

Stolen Bases	2	6

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	35	12

Strikeouts	51	30

Batting Average	.286	.330

On Base Pct	.377	.410

Slugging Pct	.444	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.821	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor Larnach LF,RF,DH - MIN	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	99

Runs	22	14

Hits	39	24

Singles	26	17

Doubles	8	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	20	10

Stolen Bases	2	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	18	9

Strikeouts	38	27

Batting Average	.253	.243

On Base Pct	.337	.307

Slugging Pct	.410	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	.668

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor Larnach LF,RF,DH - MIN	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Trevor Larnach went 2-for-4 in a 4-2 win over the Angels on Sunday with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Trevor Larnach went 2-for-3 in an 11-4 win over the Yankees with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and two walks. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Trevor Larnach went 3-for-5 in an 8-5 loss to the Rockies on Saturday with a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Trevor Larnach went 3-for-5 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers on Thursday with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th	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
	Trevor Larnach went 4-for-6 in a 12-2 win over the Rangers on Tuesday with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 17th	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
	Trevor Larnach LF,RF,DH - MIN			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#323	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#263
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#217	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#233	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Trevor Larnach (2026)

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