Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Connor Phillips (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 185	‐
VBR	# 328	# 886

Projections

Strikeouts	6	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.23	4.48
WHIP	1.39	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 481

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.1	27.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	5

Hits Allowed	6	21

Earned Runs	5	17

Home Runs Allowed	0	3

Strikeouts	15	28

Walks	7	28

ERA	3.65	5.53

WHIP	1.05	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.3	2.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	2

Earned Runs	2	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	2

Walks	3	1

ERA	3.23	4.48

WHIP	1.39	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
News
	Ben Joyce allowed one earned run on one hit and one walk to notch the save in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Sep 10th	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st
	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
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			Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#399	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#212	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#262
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#169	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#171
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#365	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#246
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#80	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#245	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#398
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#210
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#104	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#122	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#104	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Riley Cornelio (2-2)	#312	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#47	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Wed, Jul 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Connor Phillips (2026)

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