Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Chris Paddack (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 188	‐
VBR	# 344	‐

Projections

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

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 475

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	14

Games Started	0	9

Innings Pitched	9.1	57.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	7

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	3	76

Earned Runs	3	43

Home Runs Allowed	0	9

Strikeouts	13	40

Walks	5	19

ERA	2.89	6.79

WHIP	0.86	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
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 Joyce RP - LAA	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Chris Paddack has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Rangers have designated right-hander Chris Paddack for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Chris Paddack allowed two runs on seven hits with no walks and one strikeout over four innings of bulk relief in Monday’s win over the Guardians. He worked three scoreless frames before giving up both runs in his final inning after signing with Texas earlier in the day. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Chris Paddack signed a one-year contract with the Rangers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Rangers are reportedly close to a deal with Chris Paddack. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#313
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#390
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#134
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Sat, Jun 20th	@ 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	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#223
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#230
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#118
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Chris Paddack (2026)

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