Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Riley O'Brien (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 73	# 210
VBR	# 298	# 921

Projections

Strikeouts	21	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	0
ERA	3.65	5.18
WHIP	1.39	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	# 135

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 68	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 118	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	17

Games Started	0	14

Innings Pitched	43.2	88.0

Wins	3	6

Losses	4	5

Saves	26	0

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	34	76

Earned Runs	17	44

Home Runs Allowed	2	20

Strikeouts	46	56

Walks	18	29

ERA	3.50	4.50

WHIP	1.19	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	9

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	19.8	21.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	17	23

Earned Runs	8	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	21	17

Walks	9	8

ERA	3.65	5.18

WHIP	1.39	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
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	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Seattle. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 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	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings in Monday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 30th
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			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, May 18th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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