Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Orlando Ribalta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	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	# 606	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.48	4.74
WHIP	1.45	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 333	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	32.2	1.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	28	2

Earned Runs	13	0

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	32	0

Walks	12	0

ERA	3.58	0.00

WHIP	1.22	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.5	4.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	16	5

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	5

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.48	4.74

WHIP	1.45	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Orlando Ribalta struck out one batter over 0.2 scoreless innings to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 25th	The Orioles transferred Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk to High-A Frederick. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Nationals recalled RHP Orlando Ribalta from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	The Nationals optioned Orlando Ribalta to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	The Nationals recalled Orlando Ribalta from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	The Nationals have optioned right-hander Orlando Ribalta to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th	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
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Orlando Ribalta (2026)

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