Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 71	‐
VBR	# 311	# 582

Projections

Strikeouts	24	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	3.72	4.16
WHIP	1.40	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 68	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 121	# 274

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	13.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	26	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	34	11

Earned Runs	17	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	44	20

Walks	17	7

ERA	3.67	2.70

WHIP	1.22	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	15.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	20	14

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	24	16

Walks	10	7

ERA	3.72	4.16

WHIP	1.40	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
News
	Riley O'Brien struck out three batters while allowing two walks in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 1-0 win over the Angels. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	Ryan Fernandez was optioned back to Triple-A Memphis after Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Ryan Fernandez took the loss against the Brewers, allowing two hits and three runs (two earned) while recording zero outs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	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 activated RHP Ryan Fernandez from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Ryan Fernandez began a rehab assignment on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	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 Cardinals placed RHP Ryan Fernandez on the 15-day injured list with lower back pain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
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			Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

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