Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Wilber Dotel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 134	‐
VBR	# 346	# 821

Projections

Strikeouts	53	20
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.74	4.69
WHIP	1.29	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 144	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 117	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	# 348

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	9

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	77.0	18.1

Wins	7	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	71	16

Earned Runs	37	12

Home Runs Allowed	13	2

Strikeouts	58	19

Walks	21	9

ERA	4.32	5.89

WHIP	1.19	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	21

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	64.8	23.5

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	65	23

Earned Runs	34	12

Home Runs Allowed	12	3

Strikeouts	53	20

Walks	16	10

ERA	4.74	4.69

WHIP	1.29	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
News
	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	Wilber Dotel will be the 27th man for the Pirates in Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Bailey Ober will start on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Wilber Dotel will make a rehab appearance for Double-A Altoona. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Wilber Dotel will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	The Twins activated Bailey Ober from the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Wilber Dotel threw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Bailey Ober is expected to be activated from the 15-day injured list to start Thursday's game against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	The Pirates placed Wilber Dotel on the 15-day injured list with a right lat muscle strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN			Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Wilber Dotel (2026)

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