Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Eli Morgan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 215	‐
VBR	# 415	# 940

Projections

Strikeouts	15	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.76	4.84
WHIP	1.40	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 210	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 270	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 471

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Eli Morgan RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	16

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	19.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	1

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	24

Earned Runs	‐	11

Home Runs Allowed	‐	5

Strikeouts	‐	16

Walks	‐	9

ERA	‐	5.12

WHIP	‐	1.71

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Eli Morgan RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.0	10.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	12	11

Earned Runs	6	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	9

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.76	4.84

WHIP	1.40	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Eli Morgan RP - KC
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Royals optioned RHP Eli Morgan to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Eli Morgan was called up from Triple-A ahead of Friday's game against the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Eli Morgan was recalled to the big-league club by the Kansas City Royals on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Royals optioned RHP Eli Morgan to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Royals recalled Eli Morgan from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Eli Morgan RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Eli Morgan (2026)

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