Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Jose Espada RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	‐
VBR	# 292	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	48	5
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	4.62
WHIP	1.33	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	1

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	85.2	1.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	2

Earned Runs	46	0

Home Runs Allowed	12	0

Strikeouts	84	0

Walks	28	0

ERA	4.83	0.00

WHIP	1.37	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	18

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	48.5	5.9

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	45	5

Earned Runs	23	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	48	5

Walks	16	3

ERA	4.32	4.62

WHIP	1.33	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Sean Manaea allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Wednesday against the Cubs after allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out four and generated 10 swinging strikes. Manaea allowed consecutive doubles to begin the second inning before five straight batters reached in the fourth, with two Mets infield errors contributing to his early exit. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 25th	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Sean Manaea will start one of the two games in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#261
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Sean Manaea (2026)

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