Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Jose Espada (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	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	# 955	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.41	4.37
WHIP	1.40	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	1

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	1.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	0

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	0

Walks	‐	0

ERA	‐	0.00

WHIP	‐	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.3	5.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	6	5

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	5

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.41	4.37

WHIP	1.40	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Vargas is not eligible to return until late May, and it remains unclear whether he has resumed throwing or is still shut down. He has been out all season with a right lat strain. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th	The Orioles optioned Jose Espada to Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#236
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, Jul 1st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Jose Espada (2026)

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