Who Should I Trade?

Riley Martin for William Kempner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1002	# 814

Projections

Strikeouts	6	10
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.74	4.25
WHIP	1.52	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 391

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley Martin RP - CHC	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	8.1	12.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	8

Earned Runs	2	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	14

Walks	2	4

ERA	2.16	2.92

WHIP	0.84	0.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley Martin RP - CHC	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.6	9.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	5	8

Earned Runs	2	4

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	6	10

Walks	3	5

ERA	3.74	4.25

WHIP	1.52	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley Martin RP - CHC	William Kempner RP - MIA
News
	Riley Martin has resumed playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th	William Kempner remains shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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 Miami Marlins placed William Kempner on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right elbow sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	The Cubs placed LHP Riley Martin on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	The Marlins recalled William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Riley Martin will start for the Cubs in Tuesday's matchup against the Phillies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th	The Marlins optioned RHP Will Kempner to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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	The Marlins recalled RHP William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksoville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Riley Martin RP - CHC			William Kempner RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430

Who Should I Trade?

Riley Martin for William Kempner (2026)

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