Who Should I Trade?

German Marquez for Hunter Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	German Marquez SP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 19	‐
VBR	# 121	# 908

Projections

Strikeouts	76	27
Wins	5	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	5.21
WHIP	1.26	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 20	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 27	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 13	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 42	# 143

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	German Marquez SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	9

Games Started	7	8

Innings Pitched	35.1	41.2

Wins	1	4

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	42

Earned Runs	14	24

Home Runs Allowed	5	10

Strikeouts	39	28

Walks	22	20

ERA	3.57	5.18

WHIP	1.39	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	German Marquez SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	14

Games Started	12	5

Innings Pitched	69.9	36.3

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	38

Earned Runs	28	21

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	76	27

Walks	25	14

ERA	3.63	5.21

WHIP	1.26	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	German Marquez SP - SD
News
	Hunter Brown will start on Sunday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Padres right-hander German Marquez will start on Sunday against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Hunter Brown allowed three earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out four over six innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	German Marquez allowed three runs on six hits over four innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Hunter Brown allowed six earned runs on six hits and four walks while striking out three over four innings in Saturday's win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	German Marquez allowed one (unearned) run on three hits over five innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a win on Tuesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	Hunter Brown allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in a win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	German Marquez will start for the Padres on Tuesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Hunter Brown will start Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Padres activated German Marquez from the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU			German Marquez SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

German Marquez for Hunter Brown (2026)

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