Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Chris Martin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	Alek Jacob RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 292	‐
VBR	# 518	# 821

Projections

Strikeouts	13	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.71	4.65
WHIP	1.22	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 209	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 436	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.0	5.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	25	5

Earned Runs	14	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	9	6

Walks	2	2

ERA	9.00	5.40

WHIP	1.93	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.8	10.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	10

Earned Runs	6	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	13	10

Walks	3	5

ERA	3.71	4.65

WHIP	1.22	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	Chris Martin threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Chris Martin has been sent to Triple-A Round Rock for a rehab assignment as he deals with right shoulder impingement. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Rangers placed Chris Martin on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Rangers have activated right-hander Chris Martin (shoulder) from the Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Rangers reliever Chris Martin (shoulder) is expected to pitch again on Wednesday and should only need a couple of outings before returning, according to manager Skip Schumaker. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Martin RP - TEX			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Chris Martin (2026)

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