Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Travis Adams (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 656	# 614

Projections

Strikeouts	14	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	4.57
WHIP	1.44	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 253

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 446	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.0	29.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	5	27

Earned Runs	3	17

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	9	34

Walks	3	14

ERA	5.40	5.16

WHIP	1.60	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.1	21.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	11	21

Earned Runs	6	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	14	19

Walks	6	8

ERA	4.18	4.57

WHIP	1.44	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Travis Adams allowed one earned run on two hits while throwing 16 pitches over one inning to earn a save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Sat, Jun 6th
	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th	The Twins recalled Travis Adams from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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 Twins officially optioned Travis Adams to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	The Twins optioned RHP Travis Adams to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
		Travis Adams got the final out of a 6-5 win over the Red Sox to pick up a save on Sunday. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th
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			Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Travis Adams (2026)

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