Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Brandon Young SP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 151	# 225
VBR	# 357	# 419

Projections

Strikeouts	45	35
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	4.53
WHIP	1.38	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	# 307

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	# 68

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Brandon Young SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	17

Games Started	21	17

Innings Pitched	102.2	97.2

Wins	5	8

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	120	93

Earned Runs	60	37

Home Runs Allowed	19	9

Strikeouts	100	80

Walks	40	34

ERA	5.26	3.41

WHIP	1.56	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Brandon Young SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	10	7

Innings Pitched	51.6	41.7

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	42

Earned Runs	26	21

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	45	35

Walks	17	14

ERA	4.52	4.53

WHIP	1.38	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Brandon Young SP - BAL
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five over 3.2 innings in Monday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 28th	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6.1 innings in Saturday's win over Atlanta. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 26th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Brandon Young will start on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th	Brandon Young allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Friday's win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed one earned run on one hit and four walks while striking out nine over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st	Brandon Young allowed four earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over five innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Brandon Young SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#236
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#300
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

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