Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for River Ryan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	River Ryan SP - DET	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 907	# 581

Projections

Strikeouts	5	14
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	4.08
WHIP	1.36	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 374	# 445

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	River Ryan SP - DET	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	6

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	6.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	5

Earned Runs	‐	3

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	12

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	4.50

WHIP	‐	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	River Ryan SP - DET	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	15

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	5.2	12.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	5	11

Earned Runs	2	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	5	14

Walks	2	6

ERA	3.98	4.08

WHIP	1.36	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	River Ryan SP - DET	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	The Tigers optioned River Ryan to Triple-A Toledo and placed him on the injured list recovering from a hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Dodgers have traded right-hander River Ryan to the Tigers as part of a four-player deal in exchange for superstar left-hander Tarik Skubal. Brenton Kemp Sun, Aug 2nd	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Dodgers’ pitching prospect River Ryan is being placed on the Triple-A injured list due to a hamstring issue. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said River Ryan is a possible replacement for Blake Snell in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	River Ryan is scheduled to start his first game since April 11th on Friday for Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	River Ryan SP - DET			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for River Ryan (2026)

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