Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Scott Barlow (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 73	# 378
VBR	# 294	# 1057

Projections

Strikeouts	23	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.62	4.57
WHIP	1.40	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	# 365

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 378

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Scott Barlow RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	33.1

Wins	3	2

Losses	4	0

Saves	26	2

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	1	10

Hits Allowed	34	26

Earned Runs	17	24

Home Runs Allowed	2	7

Strikeouts	44	29

Walks	17	19

ERA	3.67	6.48

WHIP	1.22	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Scott Barlow RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.9	7.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	19	6

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	23	7

Walks	10	4

ERA	3.62	4.57

WHIP	1.40	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Scott Barlow RP - KC
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	Scott Barlow has agreed to a minor league contract with the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Scott Barlow was released by the Athletics on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	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 Athletics designated RHP Scott Barlow for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Scott Barlow has agreed to a one-year deal with the Athletics. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Feb 6th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL			Scott Barlow RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Scott Barlow (2026)

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