Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Steven Okert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 70	# 275
VBR	# 295	# 404

Projections

Strikeouts	26	25
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	1
ERA	3.62	3.81
WHIP	1.37	1.21

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 260

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 291

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Steven Okert RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	49

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	40.2	49.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	4	1

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	1	13

Hits Allowed	34	30

Earned Runs	17	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	41	52

Walks	15	12

ERA	3.76	2.17

WHIP	1.20	0.85

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Steven Okert RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.8	22.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	5

Hits Allowed	21	18

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	26	25

Walks	10	8

ERA	3.62	3.81

WHIP	1.37	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Steven Okert RP - HOU
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	The Astros will have Steven Okert open against the Dodgers on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	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	Steven Okert and the Houston Astros have avoided arbitration and Okert will make $2.325 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
	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
	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
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			Steven Okert RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Fri, May 22nd				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Steven Okert (2026)

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