Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Orlando Ribalta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 618	# 988

Projections

Strikeouts	17	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.52	4.52
WHIP	1.46	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 333	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.2	4.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	27	6

Earned Runs	13	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	31	4

Walks	12	4

ERA	3.69	9.64

WHIP	1.23	2.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.0	7.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	8

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	17	8

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.52	4.52

WHIP	1.46	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
News
	Orlando Ribalta struck out one batter over 0.2 scoreless innings to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 25th	The reportes plan is for Ben Casparius to enter spring training as a reliever with the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 2nd
	The Nationals recalled RHP Orlando Ribalta from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Nationals optioned Orlando Ribalta to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Nationals recalled Orlando Ribalta from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Nationals have optioned right-hander Orlando Ribalta to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH			Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Orlando Ribalta (2026)

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