Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Daniel Espino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 143	‐
VBR	# 386	# 581

Projections

Strikeouts	30	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.83	4.08
WHIP	1.39	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 153	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 180	# 445

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 116	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	6

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	52.2	6.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	40	5

Earned Runs	14	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	45	12

Walks	18	4

ERA	2.39	4.50

WHIP	1.10	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	15

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	35.3	12.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	34	11

Earned Runs	15	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	30	14

Walks	13	6

ERA	3.83	4.08

WHIP	1.39	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Clay Holmes will make one more rehab start with Class-A Brooklyn on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Clay Holmes threw a side session on Friday. 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
	Clay Holmes threw four scoreless innings on Tuesday in a rehab start for Low-A St. Lucie. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	Clay Holmes is expected to throw around 60 pitches in Tuesday's rehab start. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Clay Holmes will make his next rehab start on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th				@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Daniel Espino (2026)

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