Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Daniel Espino (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 626	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.05	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 446	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.60	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	12.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.05	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th	Kansas City optioned Kudrna to Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. He made his first appearance at that level last season, surrendering 18 earned runs across 11.1 innings. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE			Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

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Ben Kudrna for Daniel Espino (2026)

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