Who Should I Trade?

Jose Alvarado for Jose Espada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Jose Espada RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 242	‐
VBR	# 418	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.53	4.46
WHIP	1.31	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 68	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 427	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	1.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	46	2

Earned Runs	26	0

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	53	0

Walks	15	0

ERA	5.85	0.00

WHIP	1.53	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	5.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	16	5

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	22	5

Walks	8	3

ERA	3.53	4.46

WHIP	1.31	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Jose Alvarado gave up one hit while striking out two in a scoreless bottom of the ninth during Wednesday's 3-0 over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
		The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
		The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
		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
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Alvarado for Jose Espada (2026)

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