Who Should I Trade?

Luis Curvelo for Riley O'Brien (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 71	‐
VBR	# 312	# 998

Projections

Strikeouts	27	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.69	4.77
WHIP	1.38	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 119	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 480

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Luis Curvelo RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.1	8.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	32	13

Earned Runs	15	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	40	4

Walks	14	3

ERA	3.35	7.56

WHIP	1.14	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Luis Curvelo RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.0	8.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	23	8

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	27	7

Walks	11	3

ERA	3.69	4.77

WHIP	1.38	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Luis Curvelo RP - TEX
News
	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 Rangers optioned RHP Luis Curvelo to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	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 Rangers recalled RHP Luis Curvelo from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	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	Luis Curvelo was in the Rangers clubhouse on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	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	The Rangers optioned Luis Curvelo to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Riley O'Brien allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-3 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st	Luis Curvelo left Saturday’s game in the eighth inning after being hit on the knee by a comebacker. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
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			Luis Curvelo RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 18th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Curvelo for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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