Who Should I Trade?

Cody Bradford for Daniel Espino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 442	# 565

Projections

Strikeouts	22	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	3.98
WHIP	1.24	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	# 445

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
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
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	16

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	25.0	13.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	24	12

Earned Runs	12	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	22	15

Walks	6	7

ERA	4.25	3.98

WHIP	1.24	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Cody Bradford had his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Cody Bradford worked three scoreless innings in his rehab start for Double-A Frisco on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Cody Bradford is making his next rehab start on Saturday for Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	Cody Bradford threw 21 pitches over one inning in his rehab start on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	The Rangers sent Cody Bradford on a rehab assignment to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Bradford for Daniel Espino (2026)

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