Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Josh Winckowski (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Josh Winckowski RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 344	‐
VBR	# 515	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.98	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 339	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Josh Winckowski RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	1.64	‐

WHIP	1.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Josh Winckowski RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.98	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Josh Winckowski RP - TOR
News
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	Josh Winckowski is returning to Toronto, the team that drafted him, on a two-year minor league contract. The righthander had internal brace surgery recently and hopes to pitch late in 2026. David Leisering Thu, Jan 1st
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE			Josh Winckowski RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Josh Winckowski (2026)

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