Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Lucas Braun (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 610	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.07	5.08
WHIP	1.47	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
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
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	12.6	2.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	12	3

Earned Runs	6	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	2

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.07	5.08

WHIP	1.47	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 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
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE			Lucas Braun SP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#140	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Lucas Braun (2026)

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