Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Victor Vodnik (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Victor Vodnik RP - COL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 215	‐
VBR	# 845	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.52	4.32
WHIP	1.55	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 341	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Victor Vodnik RP - COL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.1	1.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	32	2

Earned Runs	18	0

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	23	0

Walks	19	0

ERA	5.52	0.00

WHIP	1.74	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Victor Vodnik RP - COL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	6.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	22	6

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	6

Walks	11	3

ERA	4.52	4.32

WHIP	1.55	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Victor Vodnik RP - COL	Jose Espada RP - BAL
News
	Victor Vodnik (elbow) has been reinstated from the 15-day injured list by the Colorado Rockies. In a corresponding move, Eiberson Castellano was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th	The Orioles sent Jose Espada outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Victor Vodnik is scheduled for two one-inning rehab games for Triple-A Albuquerque next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 7th	The Orioles designated Jose Espada for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Victor Vodnik is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th	The Orioles optioned RHP Jose Espada to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Victor Vodnik is scheduled to throw a bullpen session during the Colorado Rockies’ three-game road trip to Anaheim, which begins on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 1st	The Orioles recalled RHP Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Victor Vodnik threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 31st	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
	Victor Vodnik RP - COL			Jose Espada RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Victor Vodnik (2026)

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