Who Should I Trade?

Riley Martin for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Riley Martin RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 141	‐
VBR	# 278	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	44	5
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.46	4.31
WHIP	1.32	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Riley Martin RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	8

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	97.2	8.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	101	5

Earned Runs	50	2

Home Runs Allowed	13	1

Strikeouts	95	10

Walks	35	2

ERA	4.61	2.16

WHIP	1.39	0.84

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Riley Martin RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	7

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	45.2	4.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	43	4

Earned Runs	22	2

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	44	5

Walks	15	3

ERA	4.46	4.31

WHIP	1.32	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Riley Martin RP - CHC
News
	Sean Manaea allowed two runs on seven hits and five walks while striking out seven across six innings in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	Riley Martin has resumed playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	Sean Manaea allowed two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four across six innings in Wednesday's 3-2 Game 1 win over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Sean Manaea will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Cubs placed LHP Riley Martin on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	Sean Manaea allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	Riley Martin will start for the Cubs in Tuesday's matchup against the Phillies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Riley Martin RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Riley Martin for Sean Manaea (2026)

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