Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 236	‐
VBR	# 903	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.45	5.19
WHIP	1.47	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 322	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	45.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	17	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	46	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	4.14	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.6	2.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	3

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	3

Walks	3	2

ERA	4.45	5.19

WHIP	1.47	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
News
	The Angels placed RHP Sam Bachman on the 15-day injured list with right forearm radial nerve inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Rangers have outrighted right-hander Alexis Diaz to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Sam Bachman left his appearance early on Sunday with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Diaz allowed eight earned runs on three hits and four walks across 1.2 innings over three spring appearances, retiring just five of the 13 batters he faced and striking out one. He had entered camp competing for the Rangers' closer job. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 13th
	Sam Bachman pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning on Sunday to earn his first save of the season as the Angels defeated the Athletics, 9-7. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st
	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA			Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#242
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#298
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Sam Bachman (2026)

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