Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Brant Hurter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 188	‐
VBR	# 315	# 851

Projections

Strikeouts	9	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.62	3.71
WHIP	1.32	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 282

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.1	25.1

Wins	0	4

Losses	2	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	3	15

Earned Runs	3	8

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	13	18

Walks	5	12

ERA	2.89	2.84

WHIP	0.86	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.0	2.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	6	3

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	3

Walks	4	1

ERA	3.62	3.71

WHIP	1.32	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Brant Hurter made a rehab appearance on August 29. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Brant Hurter was scheduled to make a rehab start on Tuesday with Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Brant Hurter will make a rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Brant Hurter began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	Brant Hurter is expected to make another rehab start later this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
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 Joyce RP - LAA			Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#179
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#152	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#108	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#149	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#119	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#388	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#231
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#403	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#137
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#264	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#208
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#214
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#371
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#52	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#178
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#231
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#81	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#312	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#222
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#265
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#222
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#175
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#251
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#160	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#409
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#85	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#253	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#225	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#148	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#175
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#152	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#172
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#265
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#197	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#169
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#117	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#134	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#420
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#126	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#356
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Wed, Jul 1st				@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Brant Hurter (2026)

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