Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Drew Smyly (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Drew Smyly SP,RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 185	‐
VBR	# 330	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	2	‐
ERA	3.81	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	‐

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


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	2.61	‐

WHIP	0.87	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Drew Smyly SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.5	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	3.81	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Drew Smyly SP,RP - FA
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
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Drew Smyly SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
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)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#161
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
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 Drew Smyly (2026)

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