Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Will Johnston (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.74	3.91
WHIP	1.47	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
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	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	4.8	1.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	5	1

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	5	1

Walks	3	1

ERA	4.74	3.91

WHIP	1.47	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Espada RP - BAL	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
News
	The Orioles transferred Jose Espada from Triple-A Norfolk to High-A Frederick. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	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
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			Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#146
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Espada for Will Johnston (2026)

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