Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodon for Daniel Espino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	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	# 67	‐
VBR	# 352	# 581

Projections

Strikeouts	34	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.19	4.08
WHIP	1.30	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 56	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 57	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 79	# 445

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 159	‐

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


Games Played	9	6

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	46.1	6.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	5

Earned Runs	17	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	52	12

Walks	26	4

ERA	3.30	4.50

WHIP	1.25	1.50

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


Games Played	6	15

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	32.4	12.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	28	11

Earned Runs	15	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	34	14

Walks	13	6

ERA	4.19	4.08

WHIP	1.30	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Carlos Rodon will face live hitters at Yankee Stadium on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Carlos Rodon could be nearing clearance for a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodon (elbow) will throw a "two-up" side session on Saturday, according to skipper Aaron Boone. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 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
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he is hopeful Carlos Rodon can throw a full bullpen this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Carlos Rodon threw a bullpen session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th				vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodon for Daniel Espino (2026)

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