Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	‐
VBR	# 976	# 657

Projections

Strikeouts	22	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.18	4.04
WHIP	1.43	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 445

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	5

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	76.2	5.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	71	5

Earned Runs	41	3

Home Runs Allowed	18	1

Strikeouts	47	9

Walks	27	3

ERA	4.81	5.40

WHIP	1.28	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	16

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	27.6	13.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	12

Earned Runs	16	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	22	15

Walks	10	7

ERA	5.18	4.04

WHIP	1.43	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings in Monday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 30th	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and three walks while striking out two over six innings in Monday's 2-1 win over Minnesota. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#236	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 18th				vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Eric Lauer (2026)

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