Who Should I Trade?

Matt Pushard for Riley O'Brien (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 71	‐
VBR	# 312	# 854

Projections

Strikeouts	27	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.69	5.05
WHIP	1.38	1.44

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	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.1	7.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	32	6

Earned Runs	15	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	40	6

Walks	14	4

ERA	3.35	5.14

WHIP	1.14	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.0	4.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	23	5

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	27	4

Walks	11	2

ERA	3.69	5.05

WHIP	1.38	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
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 Cardinals returned Matt Pushard the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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 Cardinals designated Matt Pushard for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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 activated Matt Pushard from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	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	Matt Pushard was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday and is expected to pitch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 14th
	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	The Cardinals placed Matt Pushard on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
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			Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 22nd				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Pushard for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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