Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Joey Loperfido (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 194	# 345
VBR	# 357	# 1222

Projections

Runs	17	4
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	16	4
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.242	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 146	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 168	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 225	# 292

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 189	# 445

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	241	102

Runs	28	13

Hits	54	21

Singles	31	12

Doubles	11	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	11	1

RBI	33	11

Stolen Bases	9	1

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	7	14

Strikeouts	57	31

Batting Average	.224	.206

On Base Pct	.260	.305

Slugging Pct	.415	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	134	33

Runs	17	4

Hits	32	8

Singles	20	5

Doubles	7	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	16	4

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	31	10

Batting Average	.242	.236

On Base Pct	.292	.306

Slugging Pct	.400	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.674

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	The Guardians activated LF Angel Martínez from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Guardians outfielder Angel Martinez (foot) will play five innings for Triple-A Columbus in a rehab assignment on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th
	Angel Martinez took batting practice on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
	Angel Martinez has begun playing catch and hitting off a tee. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Angel Martinez (foot) has been placed on the 10-day IL ahead of Tuesday's game in Milwaukee. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th	The Astros transferred the rehab assignment of Joey Loperfido to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE			Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Joey Loperfido (2026)

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