Who Should I Trade?

Gregory Soto for Riley O'Brien (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 73	# 81
VBR	# 298	# 325

Projections

Strikeouts	21	21
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	6
ERA	3.65	3.78
WHIP	1.39	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	# 59

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	# 76

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 68	# 116

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	# 81

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 161

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 118	# 94

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Gregory Soto RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	47

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.2	46.1

Wins	3	5

Losses	4	3

Saves	26	14

Blown Saves	5	5

Holds	1	7

Hits Allowed	34	29

Earned Runs	17	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	46	53

Walks	18	20

ERA	3.50	3.69

WHIP	1.19	1.06

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Gregory Soto RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.8	19.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	6

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	17	17

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	21	21

Walks	9	8

ERA	3.65	3.78

WHIP	1.39	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Gregory Soto RP - PIT
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	Gregory Soto threw a clean inning for the save on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	Gregory Soto recorded the save in Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow 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	Gregory Soto earned the save in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Gregory Soto allowed three runs in a blown save and loss on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Gregory Soto tossed a scoreless ninth to earn his 10th save of the season and to preserve a 3-2 victory over the Marlins on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Jun 14th
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			Gregory Soto RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Gregory Soto for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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