Who Should I Trade?

Chris Martin for Fernando Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Chris Martin RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 247	# 311
VBR	# 402	# 535

Projections

Strikeouts	24	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.71	3.81
WHIP	1.33	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 158	# 231

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	# 436

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Chris Martin RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	54	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	49.0	14.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	4	2

Holds	18	1

Hits Allowed	35	25

Earned Runs	15	14

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	60	9

Walks	30	2

ERA	2.76	9.00

WHIP	1.33	1.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Chris Martin RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	10.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	14	10

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	24	9

Walks	9	2

ERA	3.71	3.81

WHIP	1.33	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Chris Martin RP - TEX
News
	Fernando Cruz and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration and the righthander is scheduled to make $1.45 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Rangers activated RHP Chris Martin from the 15-day injured list; designated him for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
		Chris Martin threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
		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
		The Rangers placed Chris Martin on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
		The Rangers have activated right-hander Chris Martin (shoulder) from the Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY			Chris Martin RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Martin for Fernando Cruz (2026)

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