Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Daniel Espino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 574	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	14	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.09	4.53
WHIP	1.46	1.17

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
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	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.7	1.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	14	1

Walks	6	0

ERA	4.09	4.53

WHIP	1.46	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Athletics sent RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th	The Athletics designated Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th	Zhuang posted a 4.08 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 145 strikeouts and 35 walks across 145.2 innings at Double-A Midland in 2025, playing the entire season at that level. Oakland added him to the 40-man roster over the winter. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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			Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#402	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

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Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Daniel Espino (2026)

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