Who Should I Trade?

Jhonkensy Noel for Santiago Espinal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX	Jhonkensy Noel 1B,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	3	1
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	3	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.245	.267

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 371	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX	Jhonkensy Noel 1B,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	56	‐

Runs	5	‐

Hits	15	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.268	‐

On Base Pct	.276	‐

Slugging Pct	.375	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX	Jhonkensy Noel 1B,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	25	8

Runs	3	1

Hits	6	2

Singles	5	1

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	3	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	5	3

Batting Average	.245	.267

On Base Pct	.302	.313

Slugging Pct	.347	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.649	.846

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX	Jhonkensy Noel 1B,RF - BAL
News
	The Rangers signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Orioles have reassigned first baseman/outfielder Jhonkensy Noel to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	Santiago Espinal was designated for assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th	Noel (thumb) is attending Baltimore's big-league camp as a non-roster invitee. A pitch struck his right thumb during Friday's 10-2 loss to St. Louis, forcing him out late in the game. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Santiago Espinal was called back up to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th	Noel (thumb) was outrighted from Baltimore's 40-man roster in January but has remained in big-league camp. He has gone 4-for-11 with one double, one walk and two strikeouts across eight spring games. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	The Dodgers sent INF Santiago Espinal outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Jhonkensy Noel has been designated for assignment by the Baltimore Orioles. The move makes room for newly-acquired Marco Luciano on the 40-man roster. David Leisering Wed, Jan 7th
	The Dodgers designated INF Santiago Espinal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Jhonkensy Noel has been claimed off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles. Noel was designated for assignment by Cleveland last month. In a corresponding move, the Orioles designated righthander George Soriano for assignment. David Leisering Mon, Jan 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX			Jhonkensy Noel 1B,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#275	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#252
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Jhonkensy Noel for Santiago Espinal (2026)

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