Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Michael Darrell-Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 344	‐
VBR	# 533	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	3.67
WHIP	1.37	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 338	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	1.00	‐

WHIP	0.89	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.8	2.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	16	3

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	21	2

Walks	8	1

ERA	3.98	3.67

WHIP	1.37	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
News
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	Michael Darrell-Hicks has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Pittsburgh Pirates. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
	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			Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ DET
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Michael Darrell-Hicks (2026)

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