Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Will Johnston (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 651	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	3.83
WHIP	1.47	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 446	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
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	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	12.8	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	1

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	15	1

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.13	3.83

WHIP	1.47	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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			Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Will Johnston (2026)

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