Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Shane Bieber (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 135	‐
VBR	# 304	# 656

Projections

Strikeouts	49	14
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.18
WHIP	1.30	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 190	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 161	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 103	# 446

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 390	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	23.2	5.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	5

Earned Runs	15	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	19	9

Walks	12	3

ERA	5.70	5.40

WHIP	1.73	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	15

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	56.3	12.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	11

Earned Runs	27	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	49	14

Walks	16	6

ERA	4.30	4.18

WHIP	1.30	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Shane Bieber allowed three hits and two walks while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Saturday's 1-0 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Shane Bieber allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Padres. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber allowed seven earned runs across four innings while taking the loss on Saturday against the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 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
	Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber allowed two earned runs across 5 1/3 innings in a no-decision on Sunday against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber allowed four earned runs on nine hits across 3 2/3 innings in his season debut on Tuesday against the Astros. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jun 21st				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Shane Bieber (2026)

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