Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 10	‐
VBR	# 54	# 651

Projections

Strikeouts	73	15
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.26	4.13
WHIP	1.12	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 7	# 446

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	5

Games Started	16	0

Innings Pitched	100.0	5.0

Wins	10	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	5

Earned Runs	24	3

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	117	9

Walks	22	3

ERA	2.16	5.40

WHIP	0.88	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	15

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	64.3	12.8

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	12

Earned Runs	23	6

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	73	15

Walks	17	7

ERA	3.26	4.13

WHIP	1.12	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. 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
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk while piling up 10 strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Zack Wheeler gave up just one run on four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven innings in Friday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Espino for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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