Who Should I Trade?

Nick Martinez for Ronel Blanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 80	‐
VBR	# 330	# 603

Projections

Strikeouts	48	22
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.57	4.29
WHIP	1.34	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 79	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 118	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	18	‐

Innings Pitched	105.1	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	99	‐

Earned Runs	31	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	62	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	2.65	‐

WHIP	1.12	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	3

Innings Pitched	68.3	22.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	71	20

Earned Runs	35	10

Home Runs Allowed	10	4

Strikeouts	48	22

Walks	18	9

ERA	4.57	4.29

WHIP	1.34	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	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	Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco pitched two scoreless innings on 36 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Astros GM Dana Brown mentioned Ronel Blanco as a candidate to replace Mike Burrows in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Nick Martinez allowed one run on six hits and no walks while striking out three across 5.2 innings in Friday's 6-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	Ronel Blanco is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Tuesday in Double-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Nick Martinez gave up three runs on four hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st	Ronel Blanco will make a rehab start Thursday at Double-A Corpus Christi. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Nick Martinez gave up three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six across 5.1 innings in Monday's 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 16th	The Astros sent RHP Ronel Blanco on a rehab assignment to Rookie League-FCL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
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			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#270
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Martinez for Ronel Blanco (2026)

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