Who Should I Trade?

Angel Zerpa for Jose Espada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	5
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.74
WHIP	‐	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.2	1.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	16	2

Earned Runs	9	0

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	8	0

Walks	6	0

ERA	6.39	0.00

WHIP	1.74	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	18

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	4.8

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	5

Earned Runs	‐	3

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	5

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.74

WHIP	‐	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	The Brewers transferred Angel Zerpa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	The Orioles transferred Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk to High-A Frederick. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Angel Zerpa underwent his elbow reconstruction surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Angel Zerpa will undergo Tommy John surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Angel Zerpa is deciding whether or not to have Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said there is significant concern about Angel Zerpa’s left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ NYY
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Zerpa for Jose Espada (2026)

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