Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 213	‐
VBR	# 464	# 657

Projections

Strikeouts	17	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.75	4.16
WHIP	1.34	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 260	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 450

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	17

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	15.1

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	22

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	15

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	5.87

WHIP	‐	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.0	15.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	13	15

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	15

Walks	7	6

ERA	3.75	4.16

WHIP	1.34	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Ben Joyce faced live hitters on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said Ben Joyce threw off a mound in Arizona on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said Ben Joyce has resumed his throwing program in Arizona. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	The Angels transferred Ben Joyce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#279
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 25th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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