Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Nate Lavender (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 856

Projections

Strikeouts	6	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.43	3.86
WHIP	1.48	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	1.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	0	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	0.00	‐

WHIP	2.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.1	6.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	6	5

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	7

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.43	3.86

WHIP	1.48	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
News
	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Mets reassigned LHP Nate Lavender to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	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
	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
	Jose Espada RP - BAL			Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#257	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Nate Lavender (2026)

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