Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Hudson for Jose Espada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan Hudson SP,RP - CWS	Jose Espada RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 271	‐
VBR	# 506	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.08	4.46
WHIP	1.39	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 264	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 263	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Hudson SP,RP - CWS	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	1

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	45.2	1.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	42	2

Earned Runs	15	0

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	44	0

Walks	17	0

ERA	2.96	0.00

WHIP	1.29	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Hudson SP,RP - CWS	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.2	5.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	18	5

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	18	5

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.08	4.46

WHIP	1.39	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Hudson SP,RP - CWS	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Bryan Hudson will open for the White Sox on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Bryan Hudson will serve as the opener on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	The Chicago White Sox have activated left-handed pitcher Bryan Hudson. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 28th	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	The White Sox claimed LHP Bryan Hudson off waivers from the Mets. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Mets designated LHP Bryan Hudson for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	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 Hudson SP,RP - CWS			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Hudson for Jose Espada (2026)

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