Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	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	# 86	‐
VBR	# 261	# 616

Projections

Strikeouts	45	15
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.15
WHIP	1.28	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	# 445

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	5

Games Started	16	0

Innings Pitched	94.2	5.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	95	5

Earned Runs	51	3

Home Runs Allowed	14	1

Strikeouts	84	9

Walks	30	3

ERA	4.85	5.40

WHIP	1.32	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	16

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	47.8	13.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	45	12

Earned Runs	22	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	45	15

Walks	14	7

ERA	4.12	4.15

WHIP	1.28	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Luis Castillo will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Luis Castillo allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 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
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Luis Castillo (2026)

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