Who Should I Trade?

Cristopher Sanchez for Daniel Espino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	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	# 4	‐
VBR	# 38	# 657

Projections

Strikeouts	80	15
Wins	6	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.05	4.04
WHIP	1.17	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 1	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 3	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 4	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 4	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 5	# 445

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 3	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	5

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	127.1	5.0

Wins	11	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	126	5

Earned Runs	37	3

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	144	9

Walks	25	3

ERA	2.62	5.40

WHIP	1.19	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	16

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	78.0	13.0

Wins	6	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	70	12

Earned Runs	26	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	80	15

Walks	18	7

ERA	3.05	4.04

WHIP	1.17	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Cristopher Sanchez has been announced as the starter for the National League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered two runs on 10 hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Saturday's 4-2 win against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered nine runs on 12 hits and one walk while striking out just one batter over 3 1/3 innings in Monday's 15-1 loss to the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	Cristopher Sanchez gave up only three hits and two walks while striking out nine over seven shutout innings in Tuesday's 8-0 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Cristopher Sanchez allowed five runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Thursday's 10-5 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Cristopher Sanchez for Daniel Espino (2026)

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