Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 346	# 285
VBR	# 541	# 449

Projections

Strikeouts	18	21
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.84	3.99
WHIP	1.35	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 342	# 215

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	# 343

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	47

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	44.1

Wins	0	4

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	10

Hits Allowed	8	39

Earned Runs	2	16

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	11	43

Walks	5	12

ERA	1.54	3.25

WHIP	1.11	1.15

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	20.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	14	19

Earned Runs	7	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	21

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.84	3.99

WHIP	1.35	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI
News
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	Arizona's bullpen heading into Opening Day consists entirely of right-handed pitchers, and Ginkel and Juan Morillo have been tasked with handling tough left-handed hitters. Ginkel's career splits are nearly identical against both sides (.312 OBP vs. righties, .311 vs. lefties), though in 2025 he was more effective against lefties, posting a 90 OPS+ against them compared to 137 OPS+ when facing right-handed hitters. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters that he’s not locked into a particular closer to open the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th
	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	Kevin Ginkel threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 10th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Kevin Ginkel to a one-year, $2.725 million deal to avoid arbitration. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 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			Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

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