Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Chris Martin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 305	‐
VBR	# 546	# 1113

Projections

Strikeouts	13	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	5.45
WHIP	1.26	1.61

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 228	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 436	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.0	20.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	25	22

Earned Runs	14	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	9	17

Walks	2	6

ERA	9.00	3.92

WHIP	1.93	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.4	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	9

Earned Runs	6	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	6

Walks	3	3

ERA	3.94	5.45

WHIP	1.26	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	Chris Martin threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Rockies right-hander Blas Castano (pectoral) threw his first bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to do so again on July 28. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	The Rangers placed Chris Martin on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Blas Castano is hopeful to face hitters this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	The Rangers have activated right-hander Chris Martin (shoulder) from the Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Blas Castano is continuing his throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Blas Castano has begun playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Martin RP - TEX			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Chris Martin (2026)

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