Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Jose Butto (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 659	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.14	‐
WHIP	1.47	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.0	2.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	6

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	12	5

Walks	4	4

ERA	4.50	22.50

WHIP	1.50	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.14	‐

WHIP	1.47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 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	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
		Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th				vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Jose Butto (2026)

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