Who Should I Trade?

Jose Fermin 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 Fermin RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 76	# 324
VBR	# 298	# 564

Projections

Strikeouts	21	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	0
ERA	3.65	4.18
WHIP	1.39	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 379

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 257

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jose Fermin RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	36.1

Wins	3	3

Losses	4	2

Saves	26	0

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	35	26

Earned Runs	17	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	47	42

Walks	18	19

ERA	3.43	2.72

WHIP	1.19	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jose Fermin RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.8	16.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	17	14

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	21	17

Walks	9	8

ERA	3.65	4.18

WHIP	1.39	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jose Fermin RP - LAA
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	Righthander Jose Fermin was called back up by the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jun 15th
	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 Angels have optioned right-hander Jose Fermin to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	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 Angels recalled RHP José Fermín from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	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	Fermin appeared in 40 games for Los Angeles last season. He allowed five runs on four hits and four walks across 3.2 innings during spring training. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	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
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 Fermin RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#133
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Fermin for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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