Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for PJ Poulin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	PJ Poulin SP,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	# 828	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.49	4.32
WHIP	1.51	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 260	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	1

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	36.2	1.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	27	2

Earned Runs	10	0

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	25	0

Walks	21	0

ERA	2.45	0.00

WHIP	1.31	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	18

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	23.8	6.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	24	6

Earned Runs	12	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	6

Walks	11	3

ERA	4.49	4.32

WHIP	1.51	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	PJ Poulin will start Friday's game against the Rays after Cade Cavalli was scratched with an illness. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	The Nationals recalled LHP PJ Poulin from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Nationals optioned PJ Poulin to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	The Orioles optioned Jose Espada to Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ MIN
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)	#219
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for PJ Poulin (2026)

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