Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Nick Pivetta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	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	# 127	‐
VBR	# 342	# 656

Projections

Strikeouts	31	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.18
WHIP	1.19	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 132	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 107	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	# 446

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 119	‐

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


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	16.0	5.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	5

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	24	9

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.50	5.40

WHIP	1.13	1.60

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


Games Played	5	15

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	27.9	12.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	11

Earned Runs	12	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	31	14

Walks	9	6

ERA	3.80	4.18

WHIP	1.19	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Nick Pivetta threw 20 pitches in a live batting practice session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Nick Pivetta reportedly could begin a rehab assignment in the first week of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Nick Pivetta is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	Nick Pivetta threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Nick Pivetta threw a light bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#396
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
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 Nick Pivetta (2026)

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