Who Should I Trade?

Cole Wilcox for Riley O'Brien (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 76	‐
VBR	# 287	# 703

Projections

Strikeouts	20	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	0
ERA	3.60	4.31
WHIP	1.39	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 56	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 68	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	25.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	26	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	35	24

Earned Runs	17	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	47	25

Walks	18	16

ERA	3.43	3.16

WHIP	1.19	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.9	14.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	16	14

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	20	12

Walks	8	6

ERA	3.60	4.31

WHIP	1.39	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
News
	Riley O'Brien struck out three batters while allowing two walks in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 1-0 win over the Angels. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	The Mariners recalled Cole Wilcox from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Riley O'Brien allowed one hit and one walk while striking out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in a 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	The Mariners optioned Cole Wilcox to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Riley O'Brien struck out one batter while allowing no hits and one walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	The Mariners recalled Cole Wilcox from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	Riley O'Brien struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 2-1 win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	Cole Wilcox has been sent to Triple-A Tacoma by the Seattle Mariners. David Leisering Sun, Mar 22nd
	Riley O'Brien struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL			Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, May 5th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Mon, May 18th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, May 22nd				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Wilcox for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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