Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Mason Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Jose Espada RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 245	‐
VBR	# 374	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	27	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.67	4.43
WHIP	1.33	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 137	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	1

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	40.1	1.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	31	2

Earned Runs	17	0

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	60	0

Walks	19	0

ERA	3.79	0.00

WHIP	1.24	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.0	6.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	20	6

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	27	5

Walks	10	3

ERA	3.67	4.43

WHIP	1.33	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Mason Montgomery earned the save in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Mason Montgomery pitched a scoreless first inning as the opener on Sunday during the Pirates' 3-2 loss to the Braves. David Leisering Sun, Jun 7th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Mason Montgomery will open for the Pirates on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Mason Montgomery pitched a scoreless first inning as the Pirates' opener on Thursday, allowing one hit while striking out three. David Leisering Fri, May 15th	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Mason Montgomery served as the Pirates' opener on Monday and pitched a perfect 1-2-3 first inning against the Cardinals. David Leisering Mon, Apr 27th	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
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#263
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Mason Montgomery (2026)

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