Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Trent Thornton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 76	# 316
VBR	# 287	# 667

Projections

Strikeouts	20	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	1
ERA	3.60	4.60
WHIP	1.39	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 56	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 68	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	# 380

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 247

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	32

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	34.2

Wins	3	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	26	3

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	35	26

Earned Runs	17	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	47	16

Walks	18	13

ERA	3.43	2.86

WHIP	1.19	1.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.9	17.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	16	17

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	20	13

Walks	8	6

ERA	3.60	4.60

WHIP	1.39	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
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	Trent Thornton played catch on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Trent Thornton underwent X-rays on his left heel following Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. The results came back negative for any structural damage. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	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 Cubs placed Trent Thornton on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 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	Trent Thornton has agreed to a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs. The righthander will receive an invite to Spring Training as part of the deal. David Leisering Wed, Jan 28th
	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 Cubs signed RHP Trent Thornton to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 20th
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			Trent Thornton RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, May 18th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Trent Thornton (2026)

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