Who Should I Trade?

Michel Otanez for Robert Stephenson (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Michel Otanez RP - TEX	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.22	‐
WHIP	1.64	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	OUT

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michel Otanez RP - TEX	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
2026 Stats


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Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michel Otanez RP - TEX	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.4	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.22	‐

WHIP	1.64	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michel Otanez RP - TEX	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
News
	The Rangers designated RHP Michel Otañez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Stephenson signed a three-year, $33 million deal with the Angels after the 2023 season and previously underwent UCL reconstruction in May 2024. He experienced thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms over the winter and was eased into spring workouts before right elbow inflammation emerged and landed him on the 60-day IL prior to Opening Day. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
	Otanez allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk across 2.1 innings over three Cactus League appearances. Texas optioned him to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th	The Angels placed RHP Robert Stephenson on the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
		Angels reliever Robert Stephenson has suffered a setback and said there is concern of further damage to his UCL. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
		Angels reliever Robert Stephenson (shoulder) has suffered a setback and wil undergo tests. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
		Robert Stephenson said he “felt great” after facing live hitters for the first time on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michel Otanez RP - TEX			Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Michel Otanez for Robert Stephenson (2026)

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