Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Matt Brash (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 258	‐
VBR	# 477	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.27	4.74
WHIP	1.31	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 211	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 303	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Brash RP - SEA	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	1.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	8	2

Earned Runs	1	0

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	15	0

Walks	6	0

ERA	0.54	0.00

WHIP	0.84	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Brash RP - SEA	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.8	4.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	11	5

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	16	5

Walks	6	3

ERA	3.27	4.74

WHIP	1.31	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Brash RP - SEA	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Matt Brash is expected to return in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Orioles transferred Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk to High-A Frederick. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Matt Brash has started a throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Matt Brash will undergo an MRI on July 6. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	The Mariners expect Matt Brash to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	The Mariners placed RHP Matt Brash on the 15-day injured list with a right lat strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th	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
	Matt Brash RP - SEA			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Jul 1st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Matt Brash (2026)

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