Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Nick Martinez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 76	# 344
VBR	# 323	# 532

Projections

Strikeouts	47	21
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	3.98
WHIP	1.34	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 79	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 107	# 339

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 50	# 334

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	9

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	105.1	10.0

Wins	8	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	99	7

Earned Runs	31	2

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	62	8

Walks	19	4

ERA	2.65	1.80

WHIP	1.12	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	22

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	66.7	18.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	70	16

Earned Runs	34	8

Home Runs Allowed	10	2

Strikeouts	47	21

Walks	17	8

ERA	4.58	3.98

WHIP	1.34	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
News
	Nick Martinez allowed two runs on four hits and one walk while striking out one across 5.1 innings in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Nick Martinez allowed one run on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts across 5.1 innings in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
	Nick Martinez allowed one run on six hits and no walks while striking out three across 5.2 innings in Friday's 6-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
	Nick Martinez gave up three runs on four hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Nick Martinez gave up three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six across 5.1 innings in Monday's 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB			Franco Aleman RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, May 9th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#103
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Nick Martinez (2026)

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