Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Michael Wacha (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	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	# 113	‐
VBR	# 286	# 657

Projections

Strikeouts	55	15
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.04
WHIP	1.33	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 98	# 445

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 64	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	5

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	119.1	5.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	108	5

Earned Runs	50	3

Home Runs Allowed	14	1

Strikeouts	96	9

Walks	34	3

ERA	3.77	5.40

WHIP	1.19	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	16

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	68.9	13.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	69	12

Earned Runs	33	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	55	15

Walks	20	7

ERA	4.35	4.04

WHIP	1.33	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Michael Wacha allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 10th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Michael Wacha allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 7.2 innings in Saturday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 28th	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Michael Wacha allowed three earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Nationals. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Wacha SP - KC			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TB
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Michael Wacha (2026)

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