Who Should I Trade?

Chris Martin for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 308	‐
VBR	# 536	# 699

Projections

Strikeouts	10	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.11
WHIP	1.26	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 231	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 436	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	20

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	14.0	20.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	25	22

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	9	17

Walks	2	8

ERA	9.00	2.66

WHIP	1.93	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.1	10.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	11	10

Earned Runs	5	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	10	9

Walks	2	4

ERA	3.80	4.11

WHIP	1.26	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
News
	The Rangers activated RHP Chris Martin from the 15-day injured list; designated him for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Red Sox optioned Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Chris Martin threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Tyler Samaniego will open for the Red Sox on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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 Red Sox recalled Tyler Samaniego from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	The Rangers placed Chris Martin on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Red Sox optioned LHP Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	The Rangers have activated right-hander Chris Martin (shoulder) from the Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Tyler Samaniego will be called up by the Red Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Martin RP - TEX			Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#357	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#249	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#324	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Martin for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

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