Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Brandyn Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 213	# 351
VBR	# 391	# 425

Projections

Strikeouts	16	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	3
ERA	3.63	3.80
WHIP	1.33	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 208	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 268	# 389

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 314

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	36

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	30.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	3

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	13

Hits Allowed	‐	18

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	36

Walks	‐	7

ERA	‐	2.10

WHIP	‐	0.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.6	18.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	13	17

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	18

Walks	7	8

ERA	3.63	3.80

WHIP	1.33	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
News
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Brandyn Garcia pitched a clean inning for the save on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Brandyn Garcia earned the save on Wednesday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Brandyn Garcia struck out one batter in 1/3 of an inning in the Diamondbacks’ 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 24th
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Diamondbacks recalled LHP Brandyn Garcia from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	Ben Joyce faced live hitters on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Diamondbacks optioned LHP Brandyn Garcia to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#262
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Brandyn Garcia (2026)

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