Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Nathan Lukes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 197	# 270
VBR	# 328	# 293

Projections

Runs	15	17
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	14	15
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.242	.260

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 145	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 168	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 189	# 225

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 229	# 211

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	249	247

Runs	29	28

Hits	56	67

Singles	32	51

Doubles	12	11

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	5

RBI	33	18

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	7	17

Strikeouts	59	39

Batting Average	.225	.271

On Base Pct	.260	.330

Slugging Pct	.414	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.673	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	120	131

Runs	15	17

Hits	29	34

Singles	18	24

Doubles	6	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	14	15

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	8	11

Strikeouts	28	23

Batting Average	.242	.260

On Base Pct	.292	.319

Slugging Pct	.401	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.693	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
News
	The Guardians activated LF Angel Martínez from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Guardians outfielder Angel Martinez (foot) will play five innings for Triple-A Columbus in a rehab assignment on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 3-1 loss to the Astros on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	Angel Martinez took batting practice on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and an RBI in an 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th
	Angel Martinez has begun playing catch and hitting off a tee. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Nathan Lukes is available off the bench on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Angel Martinez (foot) has been placed on the 10-day IL ahead of Tuesday's game in Milwaukee. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-4 in an 8-2 loss to the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th
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			Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#254
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Nathan Lukes (2026)

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