Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Abreu for Jose Espada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan Abreu RP - HOU	Jose Espada RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 176	‐
VBR	# 422	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.50	4.32
WHIP	1.29	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 155	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 193	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 317	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Abreu RP - HOU	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	32.0	1.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	26	2

Earned Runs	20	0

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	40	0

Walks	26	0

ERA	5.63	0.00

WHIP	1.63	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Abreu RP - HOU	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.0	6.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	18	6

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	29	6

Walks	11	3

ERA	3.50	4.32

WHIP	1.29	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Abreu RP - HOU	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Bryan Abreu was reinstated from the restricted list ahead of Thursday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	The Astros placed Bryan Abreu on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Bryan Abreu struck out three batters while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 2nd	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Astros right-hander Bryan Abreu will begin the season as the Astros closer. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 13th	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Bryan Abreu and the Houston Astros have avoided arbitration. The righthander will make $5.85 million in 2026 with an additional $50K if he makes the All-Star Game. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th	The Orioles optioned Jose Espada to Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 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
	Bryan Abreu RP - HOU			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#252
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#346	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#103
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Abreu for Jose Espada (2026)

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