Who Should I Trade?

German Marquez for Shane Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	German Marquez SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 264	‐
VBR	# 852	# 996

Projections

Strikeouts	6	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.78
WHIP	1.47	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 174	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 352	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 143

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	German Marquez SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	13

Games Started	3	10

Innings Pitched	8.1	53.0

Wins	0	4

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	55

Earned Runs	10	31

Home Runs Allowed	1	14

Strikeouts	11	37

Walks	9	24

ERA	10.80	5.26

WHIP	2.52	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	German Marquez SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	4

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	6.9	4.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	4

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	3

Walks	3	2

ERA	4.40	4.78

WHIP	1.47	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	German Marquez SP - MIN
News
	Shane Smith is expected to miss a couple of weeks at Triple-A Charlotte due to a right rotator cuff strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	German Marquez has signed a minor-league contract with the Twins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th
	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th	The Padres released RHP Germán Márquez. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
	Shane Smith allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out one over three innings in Wednesday’s 10-0 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 2nd	The Padres designated German Marquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Shane Smith didn't last long Thursday, and the White Sox paid for it in a 14-2 rout, allowing three earned runs runs on three hits and two walks while striking out two over 1 2/3 innings in Thursday’s loss to Brewers. Chris Schommer Fri, Mar 27th	German Marquez allowed one hit over five scoreless innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a save on Friday against the Giantsm Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Shane Smith has been named the Opening Day starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox according to Chuck Garfien. Chris Schommer Sun, Mar 8th	German Marquez allowed one run on three hits over 2 1/3 innings with four strikeouts in a no-decision on Friday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Smith SP - CWS			German Marquez SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#117	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#404	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#235
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#215
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#121
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#236
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

German Marquez for Shane Smith (2026)

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