Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 73	‐
VBR	# 300	# 696

Projections

Strikeouts	23	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.62	4.54
WHIP	1.40	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 68	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 118	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	34

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	54.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	26	1

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	34	52

Earned Runs	17	27

Home Runs Allowed	2	8

Strikeouts	44	43

Walks	17	19

ERA	3.67	4.45

WHIP	1.22	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.9	15.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	19	16

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	23	13

Walks	10	6

ERA	3.62	4.54

WHIP	1.40	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
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
	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
	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
	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
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#208
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#389
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, May 18th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Ryan Watson (2026)

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