Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Riley O'Brien (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 71	‐
VBR	# 312	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	27	6
Wins	1	1
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.69	4.22
WHIP	1.38	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 119	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.1	1.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	32	2

Earned Runs	15	0

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	40	0

Walks	14	0

ERA	3.35	0.00

WHIP	1.14	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.0	6.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	23	7

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	27	6

Walks	11	3

ERA	3.69	4.22

WHIP	1.38	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Riley O'Brien allowed one hit and one walk while striking out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in a 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Riley O'Brien struck out one batter while allowing no hits and one walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Riley O'Brien struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 2-1 win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Riley O'Brien struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Riley O'Brien allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-3 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#250
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			@ DET
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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