Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Matt Waldron SP - SD
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 664	# 762

Projections

Strikeouts	15	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.79
WHIP	1.46	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 297

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Matt Waldron SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	5.0	26.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	35

Earned Runs	3	22

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	9	25

Walks	3	8

ERA	5.40	7.52

WHIP	1.60	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Matt Waldron SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	13

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	13.0	21.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	22

Earned Runs	6	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	15	17

Walks	7	7

ERA	4.03	4.79

WHIP	1.46	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Matt Waldron SP - SD
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	Matt Waldron allowed six runs on eight hits over 2 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss against the Brewers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
		Matt Waldron allowed one run on two hits over five innings with seven strikeouts in a win on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
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			Matt Waldron SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#105	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs COL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Matt Waldron (2026)

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