Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 217	# 384
VBR	# 664	# 1359

Projections

Runs	13	2
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	9	2
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.247	.186

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 479

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 375

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	51

Runs	14	4

Hits	29	8

Singles	26	4

Doubles	1	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	11	8

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	30	21

Batting Average	.330	.157

On Base Pct	.410	.189

Slugging Pct	.398	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	93	18

Runs	13	2

Hits	23	3

Singles	17	2

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	9	2

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	25	7

Batting Average	.247	.186

On Base Pct	.312	.252

Slugging Pct	.367	.312

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	.564

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 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	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	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	Zach Cole went 1-for-1 in a 10-0 win over the Reds with a pinch-hit three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th
	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
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			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Zach Cole (2026)

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