Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	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	# 1100	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	34	4
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.34	4.79
WHIP	1.56	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 393	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	1

Games Started	23	0

Innings Pitched	107.2	1.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	10	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	156	2

Earned Runs	85	0

Home Runs Allowed	17	0

Strikeouts	80	0

Walks	43	0

ERA	7.11	0.00

WHIP	1.85	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	17

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	45.8	4.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	52	5

Earned Runs	27	3

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	34	4

Walks	17	3

ERA	5.34	4.79

WHIP	1.56	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Michael Lorenzen allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and three walks over three innings in Monday’s loss to the Rays. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th	The Orioles transferred Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk to High-A Frederick. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Michael Lorenzen allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out two over four innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Michael Lorenzen allowed six earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#322	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#402	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#370	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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