Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for David Morgan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 188	# 367
VBR	# 366	# 632

Projections

Strikeouts	9	9
Wins	0	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.69	3.82
WHIP	1.37	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	# 422

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 351

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	David Morgan RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.1	23.1

Wins	0	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	3	30

Earned Runs	3	13

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	12	28

Walks	5	15

ERA	3.24	5.01

WHIP	0.96	1.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	David Morgan RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.8	9.4

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	7	8

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	9

Walks	4	4

ERA	3.69	3.82

WHIP	1.37	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	David Morgan RP - SD
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Padres activated RHP David Morgan from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	David Morgan resumed his rehab assignment with Triple-A El Paso on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	David Morgan suffered a setback on his rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Padres have placed right-hander David Morgan on the 15-day injured list due to left knee inflammation. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	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			David Morgan RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#151
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#165	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#147	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#378
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for David Morgan (2026)

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