Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Nick Martinez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Cade Horton SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 70	‐
VBR	# 319	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.45	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 71	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 79	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 107	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 50	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	2

Games Started	25	2

Innings Pitched	147.2	7.1

Wins	13	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	140	4

Earned Runs	48	2

Home Runs Allowed	17	1

Strikeouts	87	4

Walks	22	2

ERA	2.93	2.45

WHIP	1.10	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	32.5	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.45	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Nick Martinez allowed six runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out five across 3.2 innings in Tuesday's 10-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 18th	Cade Horton is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Nick Martinez tossed a complete game in Tuesday’s 12-4 win over the Athletics, allowing four runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out five. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 12th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Nick Martinez allowed six hits and no walks while striking out four across 5.2 scoreless innings in Wednesday's 4-0 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Nick Martinez allowed six runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out two across six innings in Friday's 6-1 loss against the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 1st	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Nick Martinez allowed four hits and no walks while striking out five across six scoreless innings in Saturday's 3-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Cade Horton (forearm) is scheduled to visit specialist Dr. Keith Meister in Texas on Tuesday after his MRI results came back "not clean" and "not good." David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th
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			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#143	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#313
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Nick Martinez (2026)

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