Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Paul Sewald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 80	# 344
VBR	# 290	# 521

Projections

Strikeouts	23	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	11	0
ERA	4.35	3.98
WHIP	1.28	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 34	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 53	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 57	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 111	# 339

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 105	# 334

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	36.1	10.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	23	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	27	7

Earned Runs	20	2

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	42	8

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.95	1.80

WHIP	0.99	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.3	17.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	20	16

Earned Runs	11	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	23	20

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.35	3.98

WHIP	1.28	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
News
	Paul Sewald blew the save opportunity on Tuesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Paul Sewald worked around one run allowed to earn the save on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
	Paul Sewald threw a clean inning for a save on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 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
	Paul Sewald threw a clean inning for the save on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Paul Sewald allowed one run over one inning in a save on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI			Franco Aleman RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#188	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th				vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
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 Paul Sewald (2026)

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