Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Riley Martin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Riley Martin RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 237	‐
VBR	# 406	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	26	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.82	4.37
WHIP	1.33	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Riley Martin RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	8

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	46.2	8.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	17	0

Hits Allowed	33	5

Earned Runs	13	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	58	10

Walks	29	2

ERA	2.51	2.16

WHIP	1.33	0.84

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Riley Martin RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	14

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	20.2	6.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	16	5

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	26	7

Walks	10	4

ERA	3.82	4.37

WHIP	1.33	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Riley Martin RP - CHC
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	Riley Martin has resumed playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
		Riley Martin has been diagnosed with a flexor strain in his left elbow and will miss at least two months. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
		The Cubs placed LHP Riley Martin on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
		Riley Martin will start for the Cubs in Tuesday's matchup against the Phillies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
		Riley Martin pitched around a one-out single in the bottom of the eighth inning in his major league debut on Monday against the Rays. The Cubs dropped a 6-4 decision in Tampa Bay. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY			Riley Martin RP - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Riley Martin (2026)

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