Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Troy Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Troy Watson SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 656	# 1057

Projections

Strikeouts	14	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	5.04
WHIP	1.44	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 446	‐

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


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.60	‐

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


Games Played	15	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.1	1.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	2

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	14	1

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.18	5.04

WHIP	1.44	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Troy Watson SP - DET
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Tigers selected the contract of RHP Troy Watson and optioned him to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE			Troy Watson SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs PIT
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 Watson (2026)

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