Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Riley Martin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Riley Martin RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 873	# 997

Projections

Strikeouts	10	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.20	4.22
WHIP	1.39	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 406	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Riley Martin RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	8.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	5

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	10

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	2.16

WHIP	‐	0.84

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Riley Martin RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.5	4.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	4

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	10	5

Walks	4	2

ERA	4.20	4.22

WHIP	1.39	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Riley Martin RP - CHC
News
	The Guardians activated Andrew Walters from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Riley Martin has resumed playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	Andrew Walters had his rehab assignment paused after coming down with a viral illness. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	Riley Martin has been diagnosed with a flexor strain in his left elbow and will miss at least two months. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
	The Guardians placed RHP Andrew Walters on the 15-day injured list as he recovers from right lat surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Cubs placed LHP Riley Martin on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	Walters had lat surgery last year and has been building back through bullpen sessions and flat-ground throws from 120-150 feet. He's scheduled for a live batting practice session Wednesday as his next step in the progression. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 17th	Riley Martin will start for the Cubs in Tuesday's matchup against the Phillies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Andrew Walters has begun throwing bullpen sessions and tossing from 90–120 feet on flat ground. Despite the progress in his recovery from right lat surgery, he will miss the start of the 2026 season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Mar 7th	Riley Martin pitched around a one-out single in the bottom of the eighth inning in his major league debut on Monday against the Rays. The Cubs dropped a 6-4 decision in Tampa Bay. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE			Riley Martin RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Riley Martin (2026)

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