Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Bryan Baker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 37	# 188
VBR	# 167	# 366

Projections

Strikeouts	12	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	5	3
ERA	3.49	3.69
WHIP	1.19	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	# 211

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 35	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	# 196

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	# 94

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	56	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.0	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	39	3

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	30	3

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	60	12

Walks	17	5

ERA	1.50	3.24

WHIP	0.87	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.5	8.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	8	7

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	12	9

Walks	4	4

ERA	3.49	3.69

WHIP	1.19	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
News
	Bryan Baker allowed one walk and no hits in the ninth inning of Saturday's 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres to notch his ninth save of August. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 29th	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Bryan Baker allowed one hit and hit one batter while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Monday's 4-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 24th	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning while striking out one batter in Wednesday’s 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, recording his 36th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Bryan Baker allowed no runs on one hit and no walks in the ninth inning of Saturday's 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, picking up his 34th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 9th	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Bryan Baker allowed one earned run on one hit while striking out three in the ninth inning of Friday's 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners, earning his 33rd save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan Baker RP - TB			Ben Joyce RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#320	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#404	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#139	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#250	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#236	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#424	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#147
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#121	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Bryan Baker (2026)

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