Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Salazar for Rafael Marchan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cesar Salazar C - HOU	Rafael Marchan C - PHI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 877

Projections

Runs	‐	0
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	0
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.077

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cesar Salazar C - HOU	Rafael Marchan C - PHI
2026 Stats


At Bats	18	91

Runs	0	5

Hits	1	9

Singles	1	7

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	1	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	2

Strikeouts	3	15

Batting Average	.056	.099

On Base Pct	.227	.137

Slugging Pct	.056	.165

On-base Plus Slugging	.283	.302

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cesar Salazar C - HOU	Rafael Marchan C - PHI
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	2

Runs	‐	0

Hits	‐	0

Singles	‐	0

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	0

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	0

Batting Average	‐	.077

On Base Pct	‐	.104

Slugging Pct	‐	.116

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.219

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cesar Salazar C - HOU	Rafael Marchan C - PHI
News
	The Astros sent Cesar Salazar outright to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th	Rafael Marchan began a rehab assignment on August 13. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	The Astros designated Cesar Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Phillies placed C Rafael Marchán on the 10-day injured list with left knee patellar tendinitis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Astros outrighted C César Salazar to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th	Rafael Marchan went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Sunday's 9-5 win over the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th
	The Astros designated C César Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Rafael Marchan went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in Monday's loss to the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Mar 31st
	Astros catcher Cesar Salazar has not made the club's Opening Day roster, according to manager Joe Espada. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cesar Salazar C - HOU			Rafael Marchan C - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#59
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-4)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#108	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#256	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)		@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#185
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#264
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#224	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#177
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#116
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#212
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#247
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#282	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#83	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#93	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#159	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#257	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#203	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#21
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#89	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#127
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#256
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#150	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#264
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#237
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#59	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#150
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#126	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#234	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#159
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#82	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#59
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#41
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#29	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#271	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-3)	#152
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#121
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#236
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#47	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#159	vs NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#63
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#111
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#126	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#163	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#84	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#82	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#127	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#236	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#131	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#236
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#59	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#84
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#190
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#177	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)		@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#83
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#79
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)		vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#186	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#189	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#154
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#111	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#56
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#116
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#171
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#125	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#116	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#171	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#91
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#58	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#250	@ WSH	Jared Simpson
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#111
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68	@ NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#64
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#267	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#71
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#186	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#124
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#127
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174

Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Salazar for Rafael Marchan (2026)

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