Who Should I Trade?

Michel Otanez for Orlando Ribalta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 618	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.52	4.23
WHIP	1.45	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 333	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	31.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.69	‐

WHIP	1.23	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	7.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	18	7

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	9

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.52	4.23

WHIP	1.45	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
News
	Orlando Ribalta struck out one batter over 0.2 scoreless innings to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 25th	The Rangers designated RHP Michel Otañez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Nationals recalled RHP Orlando Ribalta from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	Otanez allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk across 2.1 innings over three Cactus League appearances. Texas optioned him to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	The Nationals optioned Orlando Ribalta to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Nationals recalled Orlando Ribalta from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Nationals have optioned right-hander Orlando Ribalta to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH			Michel Otanez RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Michel Otanez for Orlando Ribalta (2026)

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