Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Robert Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 70	‐
VBR	# 295	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	26	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	10	‐
ERA	3.62	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 121	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	40.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	25	‐

Blown Saves	5	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	3.76	‐

WHIP	1.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	24.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	10	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	3.62	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
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	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
	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 Angels placed RHP Robert Stephenson on the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 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	Angels reliever Robert Stephenson has suffered a setback and said there is concern of further damage to his UCL. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	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	Angels reliever Robert Stephenson (shoulder) has suffered a setback and wil undergo tests. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 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	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
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL			Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

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