Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Estevez for Hunter Gaddis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Gaddis RP - CLE	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 325	# 295
VBR	# 486	# 647

Projections

Strikeouts	10	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.94	3.78
WHIP	1.31	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 259	# 400

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 383	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 203

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Gaddis RP - CLE	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	53	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	0.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	27	0

Hits Allowed	42	4

Earned Runs	16	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	44	0

Walks	19	2

ERA	3.18	162.00

WHIP	1.35	18.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Gaddis RP - CLE	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.9	3.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	10	3

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	3

Walks	4	2

ERA	3.94	3.78

WHIP	1.31	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Gaddis RP - CLE	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
News
	Hunter Gaddis struck out two while allowing one hit on 16 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Fri, May 22nd	The Royals say Carlos Estevez could begin a rehab assignment this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	The Guardians activated RHP Hunter Gaddis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Carlos Estevez is scheduled to begin a mound progression on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Guardians right-hander Hunter Gaddis (forearm) is with the team for their road trip and could be activated at some point during the trip. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 13th	Carlos Estevez is up to throwing from 105 feet. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Hunter Gaddis made a rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th	Carlos Estevez started a throwing program on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Guardians have placed right-hander Hunter Gaddis on the 15-day injured list due to a right forearm strain. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th	Carlos Estevez is being re-evaluated on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Gaddis RP - CLE			Carlos Estevez RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
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 (11-7)	#12
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Estevez for Hunter Gaddis (2026)

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