Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Daniel Espino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 309	‐
VBR	# 623	# 601

Projections

Strikeouts	19	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	3.99
WHIP	1.39	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 396	# 446

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	65.0	5.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	51	5

Earned Runs	27	3

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	68	9

Walks	32	3

ERA	3.74	5.40

WHIP	1.28	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.2	12.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	17	11

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	19	13

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.36	3.99

WHIP	1.39	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
		Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
		The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ KC
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Daniel Espino (2026)

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