Who Should I Trade?

German Marquez for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 85	‐
VBR	# 252	# 908

Projections

Strikeouts	53	27
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	5.21
WHIP	1.28	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 164	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	# 143

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	German Marquez SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	9

Games Started	15	8

Innings Pitched	87.2	41.2

Wins	3	4

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	91	42

Earned Runs	48	24

Home Runs Allowed	12	10

Strikeouts	81	28

Walks	28	20

ERA	4.93	5.18

WHIP	1.36	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	German Marquez SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	14

Games Started	9	5

Innings Pitched	56.4	36.3

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	38

Earned Runs	26	21

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	53	27

Walks	17	14

ERA	4.15	5.21

WHIP	1.28	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	German Marquez SP - SD
News
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Padres right-hander German Marquez will start on Sunday against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow 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
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	German Marquez will start for the Padres on Tuesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Luis Castillo allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			German Marquez SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#236
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

German Marquez for Luis Castillo (2026)

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