Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Riley O'Brien (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Riley O'Brien RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 21	# 71
VBR	# 189	# 312

Projections

Strikeouts	29	27
Wins	2	1
Saves	13	11
ERA	3.39	3.69
WHIP	1.18	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	# 62

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 20	# 72

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	# 78

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 20	# 76

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 24	# 119

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 101	# 96

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Riley O'Brien RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	40

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	40.1

Wins	3	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	18	25

Blown Saves	2	4

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	32	32

Earned Runs	12	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	45	40

Walks	12	14

ERA	2.70	3.35

WHIP	1.10	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Riley O'Brien RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	29

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.4	26.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	13	11

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	20	23

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	29	27

Walks	9	11

ERA	3.39	3.69

WHIP	1.18	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Riley O'Brien RP - STL
News
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	David Bednar struck out three batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in the Yankees' 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 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 Yankees activated David Bednar from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	The Yankees have placed closer David Bedar on the paternity list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	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
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Bednar RP - NYY			Riley O'Brien RP - STL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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