Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Jose Leclerc (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Jose Leclerc RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 188	‐
VBR	# 300	# 784

Projections

Strikeouts	10	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.72	3.56
WHIP	1.41	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Jose Leclerc RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	3.24	‐

WHIP	0.96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Jose Leclerc RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.0	3.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	7	3

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	10	3

Walks	4	1

ERA	3.72	3.56

WHIP	1.41	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Jose Leclerc RP - SD
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Padres signed RHP José Leclerc to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 28th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Jose Leclerc threw his first bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 13th
	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	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Jose Leclerc RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ 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)	#430
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Jose Leclerc (2026)

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