Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 356	# 656

Projections

Strikeouts	36	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	4.18
WHIP	1.28	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 141	# 446

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	5

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	55.0	5.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	5

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	50	9

Walks	15	3

ERA	1.80	5.40

WHIP	0.87	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	15

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	39.9	12.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	11

Earned Runs	18	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	36	14

Walks	13	6

ERA	4.06	4.18

WHIP	1.28	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton allowed just one unearned run on four hits and one walk across 5 1/3 innings, earning the win over the Athletics on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp 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
	Troy Melton allowed two hits and one walk while striking out seven over 6 1/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday's win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out six over six innings in Thursday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton pitched six innings of one-run ball while earning the win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Troy Melton (2026)

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