Franco Aleman or Joey Cantillo

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Projections
News & Notes
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Franco Aleman or Joey Cantillo Player Statistics
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	18

Games Started	29	0

Innings Pitched	141.2	18.2

Wins	9	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	137	19

Earned Runs	61	7

Home Runs Allowed	16	2

Strikeouts	151	22

Walks	72	8

ERA	3.88	3.38

WHIP	1.48	1.45

Franco Aleman or Joey Cantillo Player Projections
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	42	19

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	130.5	19.3

Wins	7	1

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	115	17

Earned Runs	56	9

Home Runs Allowed	16	2

Strikeouts	136	22

Walks	55	10

ERA	3.88	4.16

WHIP	1.31	1.38

Franco Aleman or Joey Cantillo Player Notes
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
News
	Joey Cantillo allowed nine runs (four earned) on nine hits and two walks while striking out six over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's 11-0 loss to the Blue Jays. Matthew Adam Thu, Sep 3rd	Franco Aleman was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Saturday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 15th
	Joey Cantillo allowed two earned runs on two hits and seven walks while striking out one over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 27th	The Guardians have brought back Franco Aleman to the majors. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings in Friday's 9-1 win over the Rockies. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 22nd	The Guardians optioned RHP Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on one hit and three walks while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Padres. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 16th	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out three over one inning in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 10th	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
Notes
	Walks are the big issue for Cantillo, who could provide immense strikeout upside. The Guardians organization routinely gets the best out of their pitchers, so I am gambling on the best case scenario with this live arm. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Franco Aleman or Joey Cantillo Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE			Franco Aleman RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#345	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#345
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#183	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#183
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#214	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#214
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#124	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#124
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#61	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#262	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#262
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#384	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#384
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#246	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#246
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#280	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#280
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#352	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#352
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#134	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#134
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#158	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#158
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#191	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#191
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ KC