Who Should I Trade?

Orlando Ribalta for Porter Hodge (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 618	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.52	‐
WHIP	1.46	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 333	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
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	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.52	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
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 Cubs transferred RHP Porter Hodge to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	The Nationals recalled RHP Orlando Ribalta from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	Porter Hodge underwent reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament with an internal brace on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd
	The Nationals optioned Orlando Ribalta to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Porter Hodge will undergo season-ending UCL surgery on his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	The Nationals recalled Orlando Ribalta from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said that the goal is for Porter Hodge to begin playing catch around April 1. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 24th
	The Nationals have optioned right-hander Orlando Ribalta to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th	Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell told reporters Porter Hodge will begin the season on the injured list with a right elbow flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH			Porter Hodge RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Orlando Ribalta for Porter Hodge (2026)

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