Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Michael Grove (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 344	‐
VBR	# 533	# 537

Projections

Strikeouts	21	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	4.31
WHIP	1.37	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 338	# 381

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Michael Grove RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.0	3.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	5	1

Earned Runs	1	0

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	5	4

Walks	3	0

ERA	1.00	0.00

WHIP	0.89	0.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Michael Grove RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	19

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.8	21.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	16	20

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	21	22

Walks	8	7

ERA	3.98	4.31

WHIP	1.37	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Michael Grove RP - TB
News
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	The Rays optioned RHP Michael Grove to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	The Rays have recalled right-hander Michael Grove from Triple-A Durham. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	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 Rays activated RHP Michael Grove from the 60-dau injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	Michael Grove struck out the side in a perfect inning on Saturday in a rehab appearance in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
		Michael Grove is scheduled to throw a live batting practice this weekend. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th
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 Grove RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Sun, Jun 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Michael Grove (2026)

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