Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Taylor Clarke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Jose Espada RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 361	‐
VBR	# 626	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.79
WHIP	1.35	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 355	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 354	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	52.0	1.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	34	2

Earned Runs	12	0

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	28	0

Walks	9	0

ERA	2.08	0.00

WHIP	0.83	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.4	4.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	17	5

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	4

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.37	4.79

WHIP	1.35	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	The Diamondbacks activated Taylor Clarke from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Orioles transferred Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk to High-A Frederick. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Diamondbacks placed Taylor Clarke on the bereavement/family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Taylor Clarke to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#236	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Taylor Clarke (2026)

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