Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Michael Grove (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Grove RP - TB	Jose Espada RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 489	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.16	4.43
WHIP	1.32	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 382	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Grove RP - TB	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.0	1.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	2

Earned Runs	0	0

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	4	0

Walks	0	0

ERA	0.00	0.00

WHIP	0.33	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Grove RP - TB	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	18

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	19.9	6.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	19	6

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	5

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.16	4.43

WHIP	1.32	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Grove RP - TB	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	The Rays optioned RHP Michael Grove to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	The Rays have recalled right-hander Michael Grove from Triple-A Durham. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	The Rays activated RHP Michael Grove from the 60-dau injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Michael Grove struck out the side in a perfect inning on Saturday in a rehab appearance in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Michael Grove is scheduled to throw a live batting practice this weekend. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th	The Orioles optioned Jose Espada to Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Grove RP - TB			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, May 9th				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#263
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#285
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Michael Grove (2026)

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