Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Ryan Gusto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 264	‐
VBR	# 666	# 656

Projections

Strikeouts	26	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.77	4.18
WHIP	1.43	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 306	# 446

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 226	‐

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


Games Played	11	5

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	30.2	5.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	32	5

Earned Runs	16	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	27	9

Walks	10	3

ERA	4.70	5.40

WHIP	1.37	1.60

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


Games Played	18	15

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	29.9	12.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	11

Earned Runs	16	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	26	14

Walks	11	6

ERA	4.77	4.18

WHIP	1.43	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Ryan Gusto will start in Friday's series opener against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Marlins recalled RHP Ryan Gusto from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	The Marlins optioned Ryan Gusto to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	Ryan Gusto allowed one run on three hits and two walks while striking out six over 4.1 innings in Sunday's 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Ryan Gusto gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks while recording one strikeout across 4.2 innings in Monday's 7-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#396
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Ryan Gusto (2026)

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