Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Shane Murphy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1001

Projections

Strikeouts	6	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	4.72
WHIP	1.48	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
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	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.4	4.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	7	4

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	3

Walks	3	1

ERA	4.22	4.72

WHIP	1.48	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
News
	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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			Shane Murphy RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#250	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs HOU
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Shane Murphy (2026)

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