Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Peter Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 144	# 213
VBR	# 458	# 463

Projections

Strikeouts	43	17
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	3
ERA	4.73	3.74
WHIP	1.42	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 88	# 207

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 123	# 196

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 319	# 260

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	86.0	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	63	‐

Earned Runs	30	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	81	‐

Walks	33	‐

ERA	3.14	‐

WHIP	1.12	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	18

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	47.9	16.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	47	13

Earned Runs	25	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	43	17

Walks	19	7

ERA	4.73	3.74

WHIP	1.42	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
News
	Peter Lambert allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	Peter Lambert allowed three hits and one walk while striking out six over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in a win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Ben Joyce faced live hitters on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Peter Lambert allowed four earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th	Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said Ben Joyce threw off a mound in Arizona on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	Peter Lambert allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th	Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said Ben Joyce has resumed his throwing program in Arizona. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Peter Lambert allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out five over seven innings in Wednesday's win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 17th	The Angels transferred Ben Joyce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU			Ben Joyce RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#185
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#235
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#347	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#430	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#343
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#316
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#316	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#393
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#149
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#393
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-1)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#14	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#14
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#14	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#245	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#348	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#211	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#104	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#158	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#231	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA			vs STL
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS			@ SF
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#132
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Peter Lambert (2026)

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