Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Lagrange for Daniel Espino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 616	# 909

Projections

Strikeouts	15	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	3.95
WHIP	1.44	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Carlos Lagrange SP - NYY
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	Carlos Lagrange SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.4	3.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	12	3

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	15	3

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.15	3.95

WHIP	1.44	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Carlos Lagrange SP - NYY
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Yankees’ pitching prospect Carlos Lagrange won’t throw for the next six weeks. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th	Yankees prospect Carlos Lagrange was placed on the injured list at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with a right shoulder injury. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th	Yankees top prospect Carlos Lagrange is being shifted into a bullpen role at the Triple-A level. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
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			Carlos Lagrange SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Lagrange for Daniel Espino (2026)

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