Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Ben Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 142	# 188
VBR	‐	# 344

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	8
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	3
ERA	‐	3.54
WHIP	‐	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 96	# 211

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	# 196

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	# 94

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	10

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	9.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	3

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	45	3

Earned Runs	14	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	65	13

Walks	19	5

ERA	1.85	2.89

WHIP	0.94	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	7.4

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	3

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	6

Earned Runs	‐	3

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	8

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	3.54

WHIP	‐	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
News
	Ben Brown (neck) will miss the rest of the season. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Sep 3rd	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Ben Brown “is experiencing symptoms again after his outing yesterday.” Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Ben Brown is close to being cleared for a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Ben Brown is scheduled to face live hitters on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Ben Brown has resumed throwing daily. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC			Ben Joyce RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#265	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#217	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#313
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#390
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#390	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#134
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#411	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#314	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#223
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#141	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#45	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#230
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#118
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Ben Brown (2026)

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