Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Ty Madden (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 76	‐
VBR	# 287	# 755

Projections

Strikeouts	20	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	0
ERA	3.60	4.61
WHIP	1.39	1.43

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Ty Madden RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	11

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	44.2	30.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	26	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	35	19

Earned Runs	17	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	47	33

Walks	18	12

ERA	3.43	2.40

WHIP	1.19	1.03

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Ty Madden RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	16

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.9	19.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	16	19

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	20	17

Walks	8	8

ERA	3.60	4.61

WHIP	1.39	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Ty Madden RP - DET
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	Tigers right-hander Ty Madden pitched three scoreless innings to earn the win over the A's on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Ty Madden was with the Tigers at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. Ari Koslow 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 Tigers optioned RHP Ty Madden to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	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	The Tigers are moving Ty Madden to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	Ty Madden is not starting on Sunday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
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			Ty Madden RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Ty Madden (2026)

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