Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Payton Tolle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	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	# 51	‐
VBR	# 230	# 614

Projections

Strikeouts	50	15
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.15
WHIP	1.25	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 45	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	# 445

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	5

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	95.0	5.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	79	5

Earned Runs	37	3

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	103	9

Walks	27	3

ERA	3.51	5.40

WHIP	1.12	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	16

Games Started	9	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	43	12

Earned Runs	21	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	50	15

Walks	15	7

ERA	3.96	4.15

WHIP	1.25	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Payton Tolle allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Payton Tolle had his start pushed back to Monday against the Athletics. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Payton Tolle allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Payton Tolle allowed two hits and one walk while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, May 9th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#208	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#389
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Payton Tolle (2026)

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