Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for J.T. Ginn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	J.T. Ginn SP,RP - ATH	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	# 138	‐
VBR	# 432	# 626

Projections

Strikeouts	54	14
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.56	4.05
WHIP	1.44	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 100	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 178	# 446

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 73	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	J.T. Ginn SP,RP - ATH	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	5

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	109.1	5.0

Wins	8	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	85	5

Earned Runs	43	3

Home Runs Allowed	13	1

Strikeouts	100	9

Walks	49	3

ERA	3.54	5.40

WHIP	1.23	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	J.T. Ginn SP,RP - ATH	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	16

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	60.0	12.8

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	11

Earned Runs	30	6

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	54	14

Walks	23	6

ERA	4.56	4.05

WHIP	1.44	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	J.T. Ginn SP,RP - ATH	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	J.T. Ginn allowed one hit and three walks while striking out seven over 6 1/3 scoreless innings in Saturday's win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	J.T. Ginn will start on Saturday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	J.T. Ginn allowed eight earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out seven through 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	J.T. Ginn was removed from Tuesday’s start with an illness. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	J.T. Ginn allowed one earned run on three hits and five walks while striking out four over six innings in Wednesday’s 7-1 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	J.T. Ginn SP,RP - ATH			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for J.T. Ginn (2026)

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