Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Ryan Weiss (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Ryan Weiss SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 663	# 967

Projections

Strikeouts	11	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.58
WHIP	1.47	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 381

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	‐

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


Games Played	6	9

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	6.0	26.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	35

Earned Runs	3	22

Home Runs Allowed	1	8

Strikeouts	12	30

Walks	4	20

ERA	4.50	7.62

WHIP	1.50	2.12

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


Games Played	13	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.7	5.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	5

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	5

Walks	5	2

ERA	4.14	4.58

WHIP	1.47	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Ryan Weiss SP,RP - HOU
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Astros sent RHP Ryan Weiss outright to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th	Ryan Weiss allowed six earned runs on eight hits and four walks while striking out five over 4 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
	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 Weiss will be the bulk reliever for the Astros on Monday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	The Astros activated RHP Ryan Weiss from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
		The Astros placed RHP Ryan Weiss on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE			Ryan Weiss SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Ryan Weiss (2026)

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