Who Should I Trade?

Chris Paddack for Nick Martinez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 70	‐
VBR	# 363	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.45	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 71	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 79	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 107	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 50	# 475

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	14

Games Started	26	9

Innings Pitched	153.2	57.0

Wins	13	0

Losses	4	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	147	76

Earned Runs	51	43

Home Runs Allowed	18	9

Strikeouts	91	40

Walks	22	19

ERA	2.99	6.79

WHIP	1.10	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	24.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.45	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
News
	Nick Martinez allowed three runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out four across six innings in Saturday's 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 29th	Chris Paddack has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	The Rangers have designated right-hander Chris Paddack for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Chris Paddack allowed two runs on seven hits with no walks and one strikeout over four innings of bulk relief in Monday’s win over the Guardians. He worked three scoreless frames before giving up both runs in his final inning after signing with Texas earlier in the day. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Chris Paddack signed a one-year contract with the Rangers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	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	The Rangers are reportedly close to a deal with Chris Paddack. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB			Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#314
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#274
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#388
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#214
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#314
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#264
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#210
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#279
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#283
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#399
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#264
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#140
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#199
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#229
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#356
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#425
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#154
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#199
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#182
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#174
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#201
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#130
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#85
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Paddack for Nick Martinez (2026)

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