Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Brent Headrick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Brent Headrick RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 188	# 186
VBR	# 329	# 342

Projections

Strikeouts	9	9
Wins	0	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.66	3.86
WHIP	1.32	1.22

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	# 105

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 264

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	# 123

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Brent Headrick RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	71

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.1	70.0

Wins	0	7

Losses	2	3

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	2	24

Hits Allowed	3	62

Earned Runs	3	15

Home Runs Allowed	0	4

Strikeouts	13	87

Walks	5	21

ERA	2.89	1.93

WHIP	0.86	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Brent Headrick RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.9	8.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	6	7

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	9

Walks	4	3

ERA	3.66	3.86

WHIP	1.32	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Brent Headrick RP - NYY
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	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 Joyce RP - LAA			Brent Headrick RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#386	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#190
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#402	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136	vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Brent Headrick (2026)

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