Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Franco Aleman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Christian Roa RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 346	‐
VBR	# 484	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.84	4.41
WHIP	1.35	1.61

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 342	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	8.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	8	10

Earned Runs	2	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	6

Walks	5	7

ERA	1.54	5.19

WHIP	1.11	1.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	7.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	14	7

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	18	7

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.84	4.41

WHIP	1.35	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Christian Roa RP - HOU
News
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	The Cubs designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	The Orioles designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th	The Orioles claimed RHP Christian Roa off of waivers from the Twins and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	The Twins designated RHP Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
		The Twins claimed RHP Christian Roa off waivers from the Astros and optioned him to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE			Christian Roa RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Franco Aleman (2026)

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