Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Julian Merryweather (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 345	‐
VBR	# 484	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.84	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 342	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	1.54	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.84	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
News
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	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	Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sun, Jun 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Julian Merryweather (2026)

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