Who Should I Trade?

Nick Martinez for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 38	# 87
VBR	# 148	# 331

Projections

Strikeouts	53	38
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.49
WHIP	1.18	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 36	# 74

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	# 99

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	# 79

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	# 160

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 50

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	21

Games Started	22	21

Innings Pitched	127.2	123.1

Wins	7	10

Losses	9	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	108	116

Earned Runs	53	38

Home Runs Allowed	24	15

Strikeouts	119	69

Walks	29	20

ERA	3.74	2.77

WHIP	1.07	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	10

Innings Pitched	57.3	53.7

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	56

Earned Runs	26	27

Home Runs Allowed	10	8

Strikeouts	53	38

Walks	13	14

ERA	4.12	4.49

WHIP	1.18	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB
News
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out six across 6.2 innings in Friday's 2-0 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Shota Imanaga allowed no runs on four hits and one walk while striking out four across six innings in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Shota Imanaga allowed six hits and one walk while striking out four over seven scoreless innings in Sunday's 10-1 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Nick Martinez allowed one run on six hits and one walk with zero strikeouts across six innings in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Shota Imanaga allowed one run on seven hits and a walk while striking out five across five innings in Friday's 4-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out eight across 4.2 innings in Saturday's 3-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#249
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ PHI
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)	#124
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Martinez for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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