Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Riley O'Brien (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 76	‐
VBR	# 287	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	8	‐
ERA	3.61	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

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	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	2.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	26	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	35	6

Earned Runs	17	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	47	5

Walks	18	4

ERA	3.43	22.50

WHIP	1.19	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	8	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	3.61	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
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 Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	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	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	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	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	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 Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	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	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
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			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, May 22nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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