Who Should I Trade?

Riley O'Brien for Yimi Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 73	‐
VBR	# 299	# 521

Projections

Strikeouts	25	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.72	3.81
WHIP	1.39	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

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	# 258

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Yimi Garcia RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	41.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	26	‐

Blown Saves	5	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	3.67	‐

WHIP	1.22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Yimi Garcia RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.1	15.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	21	13

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	25	17

Walks	10	6

ERA	3.72	3.81

WHIP	1.39	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Yimi Garcia RP - TOR
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	Yimi Garcia is continuing to experience nerve/neck symptoms. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Yimi Garcia will begin a rehab assignment for Low-A Dunedin on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Yimi Garcia threw a successful live bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Yimi Garcia is scheduled to throw another live batting practice again on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Yimi Garcia is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
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			Yimi Garcia RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-0)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, May 5th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, May 22nd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, May 24th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

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