Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Victor Mederos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 616	# 851

Projections

Strikeouts	15	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.72
WHIP	1.44	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.0	11.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	9

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	10

Walks	3	3

ERA	5.40	3.86

WHIP	1.60	1.03

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.4	15.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	12	16

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	13

Walks	7	7

ERA	4.15	4.72

WHIP	1.44	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Victor Mederos gave up no runs, one hit, and a walk while striking out one across 2 1/3 innings to earn the save in Monday's 3-2 win over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st
	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th	Victor Mederos was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	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 Braves optioned Victor Mederos to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	The Atlanta Braves have called up RHP Victor Mederos. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
		The Angels designated RHP Victor Mederos for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
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			Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sun, Jun 14th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Victor Mederos (2026)

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