Who Should I Trade?

Cade Winquest for Daniel Espino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 659	# 939

Projections

Strikeouts	11	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.52
WHIP	1.47	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Cade Winquest SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Cade Winquest SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.7	5.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	5

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	4

Walks	5	2

ERA	4.14	4.52

WHIP	1.47	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Cade Winquest SP - STL
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Yankees returned RHP Cade Winquest to the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th	He was selected as a Rule 5 pick and must remain on the major-league roster or injured list for the entire season — with at least 90 days on the active roster — for the Yankees to retain his rights. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th	Cade Winquest added a sinker to his arsenal and is happy with the pitch's development thus far. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 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
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE			Cade Winquest SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA

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Cade Winquest for Daniel Espino (2026)

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