Who Should I Trade?

Graham Ashcraft for Jose Espada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Jose Espada RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 834	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.74
WHIP	1.39	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 326	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.0	1.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	17	2

Earned Runs	10	0

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	32	0

Walks	16	0

ERA	3.33	0.00

WHIP	1.22	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.5	4.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	8	5

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	5

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.05	4.74

WHIP	1.39	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	The Orioles transferred Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk to High-A Frederick. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw long toss on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Graham Ashcraft threw indoors on Saturday and will continue his throwing program through the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Graham Ashcraft got good news and is expected to be cleared to resume throwing soon. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to get a follow-up MRI on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Graham Ashcraft for Jose Espada (2026)

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