Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Keegan Akin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 134	# 298
VBR	# 309	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	46	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.69	‐
WHIP	1.29	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 145	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 117	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 166	# 293

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	# 296

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	24

Games Started	15	2

Innings Pitched	81.0	25.1

Wins	7	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	79	28

Earned Runs	41	16

Home Runs Allowed	13	3

Strikeouts	60	17

Walks	22	9

ERA	4.56	5.68

WHIP	1.25	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	56.3	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	56	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	46	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.69	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
News
	Bailey Ober allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out two over four innings in Wednesday’s 10-6 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Bailey Ober allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Friday's 5-2 win over the Cubs. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Bailey Ober will start on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Bailey Ober allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Guardians. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin (elbow) is scheduled to be evaluated by elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister the week of July 13. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	The Twins activated Bailey Ober from the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN			Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Wed, Jun 17th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Keegan Akin (2026)

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