Who Should I Trade?

Justin Martinez for Tyler Ferguson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI	Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 553	# 708

Projections

Strikeouts	15	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.39	4.29
WHIP	1.37	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 398

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 369	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI	Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	10.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	1

Holds	‐	3

Hits Allowed	‐	10

Earned Runs	‐	8

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	14

Walks	‐	0

ERA	‐	6.75

WHIP	‐	0.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI	Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.4	17.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	10	15

Earned Runs	5	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	15	17

Walks	7	8

ERA	3.39	4.29

WHIP	1.37	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI	Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
News
	Justin Martinez will throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Cubs recalled Tyler Ferguson from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Justin Martinez is scheduled to face live hitters in the coming days. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Tyler Ferguson will serve as the 27th man in Wednesday's doubleheader against the Mets. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Justin Martinez is expected to throw his first live batting practice session sometime next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	The Cubs recalled Tyler Ferguson from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Justin Martinez threw his first bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th	The Cubs optioned RHP Tyler Ferguson to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	The Diamondbacks placed Justin Martinez on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Feb 14th	The Cubs have called up right-hander Tyler Ferguson from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI			Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs DET
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Martinez for Tyler Ferguson (2026)

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