Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Riley O'Brien (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	JoJo Romero RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 77	# 205
VBR	# 287	# 434

Projections

Strikeouts	20	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	2
ERA	3.61	3.68
WHIP	1.39	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	# 204

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 68	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	# 169

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	# 233

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 399

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	JoJo Romero RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	43.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	3

Saves	26	0

Blown Saves	5	2

Holds	1	20

Hits Allowed	35	40

Earned Runs	17	16

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	47	43

Walks	18	16

ERA	3.43	3.35

WHIP	1.19	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	JoJo Romero RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.9	15.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	16	14

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	20	15

Walks	8	6

ERA	3.61	3.68

WHIP	1.39	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	JoJo Romero RP - MIL
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 Brewers acquiring RHP Dustin May and LH reliever Jo Jo Romero from Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	JoJo Romero played catch on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	JoJo Romero does not have a timetable to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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 Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	JoJo Romero worked around a hit and a walk without allowing an earned run in Sunday's 4-3 loss to Atlanta. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th
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			JoJo Romero RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
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
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
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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