Josh Simpson or Kyle Backhus
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| Josh Simpson RP - SEA  | Kyle Backhus RP - PHI  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 3 | 10 |
| Games Started | 0 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 2.1 | 9.2 |
| Wins | 0 | 0 |
| Losses | 0 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 2 | 11 |
| Earned Runs | 2 | 5 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 3 | 10 |
| Walks | 1 | 1 |
| ERA | 7.71 | 4.66 |
| WHIP | 1.29 | 1.24 |
| Josh Simpson RP - SEA | Kyle Backhus RP - PHI | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 26 | 45 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 25.3 | 42.4 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Losses | 1 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 2 | 7 |
| Hits Allowed | 23 | 41 |
| Earned Runs | 15 | 23 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 26 | 41 |
| Walks | 14 | 17 |
| ERA | 5.49 | 4.79 |
| WHIP | 1.47 | 1.36 |
| Josh Simpson RP - SEA | Kyle Backhus RP - PHI | |
| News | ||
| The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th | The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th | |
| The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th | The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th | |
| The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd | The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th | |
| The Mariners recalled LHP Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st | ||
| The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Josh Simpson RP - SEA | Kyle Backhus RP - PHI | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #21 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #96 | vs TEX | Jacob Latz (1-1) | #109 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #68 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #86 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #257 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #89 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #44 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #421 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #370 | @ COL | Brennan Bernardino (2-3) | #250 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ LAA | George Klassen (0-1) | #348 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #425 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #185 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #21 | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #85 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #98 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #158 | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #72 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #120 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs HOU | Cody Bolton (0-1) | #375 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #60 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #126 | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #290 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 | vs CHC | Riley Martin | |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #191 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #212 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #200 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #21 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #129 | @ CHC | Colin Rea (4-3) | #138 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #190 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #213 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #42 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #139 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #123 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #98 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #66 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #63 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #106 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #70 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #78 | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #322 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #247 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #117 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #200 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #118 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #315 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #179 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #362 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #76 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #425 |
| Mon, May 11th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #186 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #158 | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #184 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #126 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #191 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #212 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #125 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #162 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-4) | #2 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #222 | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #61 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #179 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #95 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-0) | #167 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #106 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #213 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #137 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #155 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #191 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #118 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #212 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #60 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #140 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #91 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #130 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #94 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #102 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #133 | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #191 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #212 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ DET | Troy Melton (1-0) | #149 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #179 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #199 | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ DET | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ BAL | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ BAL | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ BAL | @ TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ BAL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ WSH | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ WSH | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ WSH | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs BAL | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs BAL | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs BAL | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs BOS | |||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs BOS | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs BOS | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ PIT | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ PIT | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ PIT | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CLE | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CLE | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CLE | @ NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs LAA | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs LAA | vs PIT | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs LAA | vs PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs TOR | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs TOR | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs TOR | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ TB | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ TB | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ TB | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SF | |||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SF | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SF | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs CIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs CIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs CIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ TEX | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ TEX | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ TEX | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ TEX | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ LAD | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ LAD | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ LAD | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs MIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs MIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs MIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs DET | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs DET | vs WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs DET | vs WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs TB | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs TB | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs TB | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ NYY | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ NYY | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ NYY | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ HOU | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ HOU | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ HOU | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ MIL | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ MIL | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs CHC | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs CHC | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs CHC | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs PHI | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs PHI | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs PHI | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ TOR | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ TOR | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ TOR | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ BOS | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ BOS | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ BOS | @ ARI | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs ATH | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs ATH | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs ATH | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs ATH | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs TEX | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs TEX | vs HOU | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs TEX | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ ATH | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ ATH | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ ATH | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ LAA | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ LAA | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ LAA | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ COL | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ COL | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ COL | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs HOU | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs HOU | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs LAA | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs LAA | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs LAA | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs LAA | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #73 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #185 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #129 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #162 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs MIA | |||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ WSH | |||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs PIT | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Thu, Jul 16th | vs NYM | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs WSH | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ STL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs MIA | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ATL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ NYM | |||||
