Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Matt Pushard (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 829

Projections

Strikeouts	6	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	4.55
WHIP	1.44	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	1.0	7.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	6

Earned Runs	0	4

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	0	6

Walks	0	4

ERA	0.00	5.14

WHIP	2.00	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.3	4.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	6	5

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	4

Walks	3	2

ERA	4.32	4.55

WHIP	1.44	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
News
	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Cardinals returned Matt Pushard the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	The Cardinals designated Matt Pushard for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	The Cardinals activated Matt Pushard from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	Matt Pushard was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday and is expected to pitch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 14th
	The Orioles optioned Jose Espada to Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th	The Cardinals placed Matt Pushard on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Espada RP - BAL			Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs PHI
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Matt Pushard (2026)

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