Who Should I Trade?

Michael Grove for Riley O'Brien (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 71	‐
VBR	# 315	# 537

Projections

Strikeouts	26	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.73	4.31
WHIP	1.39	1.33

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	# 381

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Michael Grove RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.1	3.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	32	1

Earned Runs	15	0

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	40	4

Walks	14	0

ERA	3.35	0.00

WHIP	1.14	0.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Michael Grove RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	19

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	25.4	21.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	23	20

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	26	22

Walks	11	7

ERA	3.73	4.31

WHIP	1.39	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Michael Grove RP - TB
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 Rays optioned RHP Michael Grove to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	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 Rays have recalled right-hander Michael Grove from Triple-A Durham. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 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 Rays activated RHP Michael Grove from the 60-dau injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Michael Grove struck out the side in a perfect inning on Saturday in a rehab appearance in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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	Michael Grove is scheduled to throw a live batting practice this weekend. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th
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			Michael Grove RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, May 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Grove for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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