Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Luis Gastelum (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 546

Projections

Strikeouts	6	17
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.43	4.09
WHIP	1.48	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	1.0	5.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	7

Earned Runs	0	4

Home Runs Allowed	0	3

Strikeouts	0	6

Walks	0	1

ERA	0.00	7.20

WHIP	2.00	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.1	17.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	6	16

Earned Runs	3	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	6	17

Walks	3	6

ERA	4.43	4.09

WHIP	1.48	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
News
	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	Luis Gastelum struck out two batters while allowing one hit and no walks over 1.1 scoreless innings in Sunday's 8-7 loss to Arizona. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th
	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	Luis Gastelum allowed two earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out one batter and taking a blown save in Friday's 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th
	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	The St. Louis Cardinals selected the contract of Luis Gastelum from Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	The Cardinals have reassigned right-hander Luis Gastelum to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	The Orioles optioned Jose Espada to Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Espada RP - BAL			Luis Gastelum RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#257	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Luis Gastelum (2026)

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