Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Riley O'Brien (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 71	‐
VBR	# 315	# 723

Projections

Strikeouts	26	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.73	4.51
WHIP	1.39	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 121	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	4

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	40.1	9.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	32	21

Earned Runs	15	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	40	11

Walks	14	3

ERA	3.35	11.57

WHIP	1.14	2.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	25.4	12.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	23	13

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	26	11

Walks	11	4

ERA	3.73	4.51

WHIP	1.39	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
News
	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 Brewers are reportedly viewing Colton Gordon as a starter. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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 Astros are trading Colton Gordon to the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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	Colton Gordon was optioned to Triple-A ahead of Thursday's game agains the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Colton Gordon was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Riley O'Brien allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-3 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st	The Astros optioned LHP Colton Gordon to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL			Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 18th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#390	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#229	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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