Who Should I Trade?

Michael Grove for Riley Martin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Michael Grove RP - TB	Riley Martin RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 489	# 887

Projections

Strikeouts	19	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	3.57
WHIP	1.32	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 383	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Grove RP - TB	Riley Martin RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	8

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	3.0	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	5

Earned Runs	0	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	4	10

Walks	0	2

ERA	0.00	2.16

WHIP	0.33	0.84

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Grove RP - TB	Riley Martin RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	7

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	18.7	5.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	4

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	19	5

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.18	3.57

WHIP	1.32	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Grove RP - TB	Riley Martin RP - CHC
News
	The Rays optioned RHP Michael Grove to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Riley Martin has resumed playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	The Rays have recalled right-hander Michael Grove from Triple-A Durham. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	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 Rays activated RHP Michael Grove from the 60-dau injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Cubs placed LHP Riley Martin on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	Michael Grove struck out the side in a perfect inning on Saturday in a rehab appearance in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	Riley Martin will start for the Cubs in Tuesday's matchup against the Phillies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Michael Grove is scheduled to throw a live batting practice this weekend. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Grove RP - TB			Riley Martin RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#257
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Grove for Riley Martin (2026)

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