Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Woodruff for Daniel Espino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 656

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	14
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.18
WHIP	‐	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 52	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 103	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 75	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 155	# 446

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 234	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	5

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	5.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	5

Earned Runs	13	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	47	9

Walks	10	3

ERA	2.58	5.40

WHIP	0.82	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	15

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	12.1

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	‐	4.18

WHIP	‐	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Brandon Woodruff will undergo shoulder surgery "with the goal in mind of pitching again." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Brandon Woodruff is expected to address the media for an update on his shoulder injury on Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Brewers GM Matt Arnold says the team is "still working through" Brandon Woodruff's shoulder injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	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 Brewers transferred RHP Brandon Woodruff to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Brandon Woodruff underwent an MRI that revealed a new injury to the anterior capsule in his right shoulder. He is seeking a second opinion before he and the Brewers determine the next course of action. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#396
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Woodruff for Daniel Espino (2026)

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