Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Noah Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Noah Schultz SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 182	# 281
VBR	# 923	# 662

Projections

Strikeouts	18	39
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.90	4.62
WHIP	1.47	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 143	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 312	# 428

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 255	# 194

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Noah Schultz SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	12

Games Started	5	12

Innings Pitched	29.2	56.2

Wins	2	3

Losses	3	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	54

Earned Runs	17	38

Home Runs Allowed	4	9

Strikeouts	18	49

Walks	23	29

ERA	5.16	6.04

WHIP	1.85	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Noah Schultz SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	9

Games Started	4	9

Innings Pitched	22.4	42.7

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	41

Earned Runs	12	22

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	18	39

Walks	10	20

ERA	4.90	4.62

WHIP	1.47	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Noah Schultz SP - CWS
News
	The Padres placed Lucas Giolito on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Noah Schultz allowed five earned runs on 11 hits while striking out two over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Lucas Giolito allowed four runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Noah Schultz allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Lucas Giolito could pitch in a bulk relief role for the Padres on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Noah Schultz allowed four earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Tuesday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	Lucas Giolito allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings in a bulk relief role with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Monday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Noah Schultz allowed three earned runs on two hits and four walks while striking out seven over 4 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Lucas Giolito allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits over four innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th	Noah Schultz is expected to be activated from the injured list to start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD			Noah Schultz SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Noah Schultz (2026)

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