Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Nick Martinez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 70	# 162
VBR	# 300	# 571

Projections

Strikeouts	21	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.41	4.04
WHIP	1.31	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 71	# 140

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 79	# 109

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 107	# 253

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 50	# 217

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	41

Games Started	25	1

Innings Pitched	147.2	44.1

Wins	13	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	5

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	16

Hits Allowed	140	39

Earned Runs	48	14

Home Runs Allowed	17	3

Strikeouts	87	33

Walks	22	9

ERA	2.93	2.84

WHIP	1.10	1.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	12

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	30.5	10.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	32	10

Earned Runs	15	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	21	9

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.41	4.04

WHIP	1.31	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Jakob Junis RP - TEX
News
	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 activated RHP Jakob Junis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	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	The Rangers placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 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	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Rangers right-hander Jacob Junis (hip) has been placed on the 15-day injured list, but the expectation is a minimum stay. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	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	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
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			Jakob Junis RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Sat, May 9th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#242
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#298
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#162	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165

Who Should I Trade?

Jakob Junis for Nick Martinez (2026)

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