Who Should I Trade?

Chris Martin for Grant Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Chris Martin RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 131	# 290
VBR	# 232	# 565

Projections

Strikeouts	37	13
Wins	2	1
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.29	3.89
WHIP	1.23	1.21

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 130	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	# 206

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 181	# 436

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Chris Martin RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	16

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	48.1	14.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	36	25

Earned Runs	15	14

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	67	9

Walks	17	2

ERA	2.79	9.00

WHIP	1.10	1.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Chris Martin RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	32	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.9	14.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	25	14

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	37	13

Walks	11	3

ERA	3.29	3.89

WHIP	1.23	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Chris Martin RP - TEX
News
	Grant Taylor allowed one walk while striking out two over 1 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in a 1-0 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Rangers placed Chris Martin on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Grant Taylor walked one and struck out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Rangers have activated right-hander Chris Martin (shoulder) from the Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Grant Taylor struck out three over one scoreless inning to pick up the save in Saturday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 7th	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
	Grant Taylor will serve as an opener in Friday’s game against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	The Rangers sent Chris Martin on a rehab assignment to Double-A Frisco on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
		The Rangers placed RHP Chris Martin on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS			Chris Martin RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Martin for Grant Taylor (2026)

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