Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Matt Gage (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 374	‐
VBR	# 952	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.50
WHIP	1.45	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 359	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 430	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	1.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	28	2

Earned Runs	17	0

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	22	0

Walks	17	0

ERA	5.60	0.00

WHIP	1.65	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.4	5.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	7	5

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	5

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.27	4.50

WHIP	1.45	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Orioles transferred Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk to High-A Frederick. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	The Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	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
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 Gage RP - SF			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#237
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Matt Gage (2026)

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