Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Ryan Yarbrough (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Yarbrough SP,RP - NYY	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	# 305	‐
VBR	# 749	# 664

Projections

Strikeouts	17	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.03
WHIP	1.39	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 374	# 445

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 223	‐

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


Games Played	24	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	37.0	5.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	5

Earned Runs	17	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	27	9

Walks	16	3

ERA	4.14	5.40

WHIP	1.22	1.60

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


Games Played	22	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.3	13.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	21	12

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	17	15

Walks	7	7

ERA	4.49	4.03

WHIP	1.39	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Yarbrough SP,RP - NYY	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Ryan Yarbrough will start for Team USA in Wednesday's exhibition game against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
		Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
		The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Yarbrough SP,RP - NYY			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Sat, Jul 18th				vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ KC
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Ryan Yarbrough (2026)

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