Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Nick Martinez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 87	# 122
VBR	# 341	# 217

Projections

Strikeouts	38	29
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	6
ERA	4.55	3.25
WHIP	1.33	1.22

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 74	# 107

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 79	# 130

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 50	# 181

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 160	# 18

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	40

Games Started	21	4

Innings Pitched	123.1	54.2

Wins	10	4

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	5

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	116	38

Earned Runs	38	15

Home Runs Allowed	15	4

Strikeouts	69	75

Walks	20	18

ERA	2.77	2.47

WHIP	1.10	1.02

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	26

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	55.1	24.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	57	19

Earned Runs	28	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	38	29

Walks	14	9

ERA	4.55	3.25

WHIP	1.33	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS
News
	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	Grant Taylor allowed two hits over a scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Nick Martinez allowed four hits and no walks while striking out five across six scoreless innings in Saturday's 3-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Nick Martinez allowed one run on six hits and one walk with zero strikeouts across six innings in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	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
	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	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
	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	Grant Taylor will serve as an opener in Friday’s game against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
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			Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 9th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs COL
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185

Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Nick Martinez (2026)

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