Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Riley Martin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Riley Martin RP - CHC	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 888	# 679

Projections

Strikeouts	5	12
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.73	4.23
WHIP	1.32	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley Martin RP - CHC	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	4

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	8.1	3.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	4

Earned Runs	2	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	10	3

Walks	2	2

ERA	2.16	9.00

WHIP	0.84	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley Martin RP - CHC	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.0	11.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	4	10

Earned Runs	2	5

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	5	12

Walks	3	6

ERA	3.73	4.23

WHIP	1.32	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley Martin RP - CHC	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	Riley Martin has resumed playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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 Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Cubs placed LHP Riley Martin on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Riley Martin will start for the Cubs in Tuesday's matchup against the Phillies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Riley Martin RP - CHC			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Riley Martin (2026)

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