Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Nick Martinez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Austin Love SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 76	‐
VBR	# 355	# 1099

Projections

Strikeouts	45	7
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.56	4.98
WHIP	1.34	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 79	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 107	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	111.1	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	105	‐

Earned Runs	32	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	62	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	2.59	‐

WHIP	1.12	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	63.5	8.5

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	9

Earned Runs	32	5

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	45	7

Walks	16	4

ERA	4.56	4.98

WHIP	1.34	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Austin Love SP - STL
News
	Nick Martinez allowed one run on six hits and one walk with zero strikeouts across six innings in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Cardinals reassigned RHP Austin Love to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	Nick Martinez allowed two runs on four hits and one walk while striking out one across 5.1 innings in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Nick Martinez allowed one run on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts across 5.1 innings in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
	Nick Martinez allowed one run on six hits and no walks while striking out three across 5.2 innings in Friday's 6-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	Nick Martinez gave up three runs on four hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB			Austin Love SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sat, May 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#298	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Nick Martinez (2026)

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