Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Jonathan Loaisiga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 188	# 322
VBR	# 336	# 440

Projections

Strikeouts	11	8
Wins	0	1
Saves	4	0
ERA	3.51	3.64
WHIP	1.34	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	# 279

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 347

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	56

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.1	54.1

Wins	0	5

Losses	2	3

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	1	4

Holds	2	8

Hits Allowed	3	45

Earned Runs	3	15

Home Runs Allowed	0	3

Strikeouts	12	39

Walks	5	11

ERA	3.24	2.48

WHIP	0.96	1.03

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.7	9.4

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	8	9

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	8

Walks	4	3

ERA	3.51	3.64

WHIP	1.34	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Jonathan Loaisiga pitched around a single and a double in the ninth inning to earn his first save of the season as the Diamondbacks defeated the Tigers, 1-0, on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Apr 2nd
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of RHP Jonathan Loaisiga. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	D-backs reliever Jonathan Loaisiga has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 22nd
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Jonathan Loáisiga to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
	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			Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Jonathan Loaisiga (2026)

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