Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 217	# 326
VBR	# 838	# 798

Projections

Runs	12	15
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	9	12
Stolen Bases	4	4
Batting Average	.244	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 322

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 288

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	245

Runs	14	21

Hits	29	50

Singles	26	36

Doubles	1	8

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	1	4

RBI	11	20

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	1	4

Walks	12	26

Strikeouts	30	46

Batting Average	.330	.204

On Base Pct	.410	.278

Slugging Pct	.398	.302

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.580

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	123

Runs	12	15

Hits	21	28

Singles	15	19

Doubles	3	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	9	12

Stolen Bases	4	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	8	12

Strikeouts	24	28

Batting Average	.244	.229

On Base Pct	.309	.300

Slugging Pct	.361	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.656

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
News
	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th
	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 McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
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 McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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