Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Zach Brzykcy (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 213	‐
VBR	# 464	# 887

Projections

Strikeouts	17	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.75	4.83
WHIP	1.34	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 260	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	1

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.50

WHIP	‐	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.0	13.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	13	13

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	13

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.75	4.83

WHIP	1.34	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
News
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Marlins optioned RHP Zach Brzykcy to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Ben Joyce faced live hitters on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Marlins recalled Zach Brzykcy from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said Ben Joyce threw off a mound in Arizona on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Zach Brzykcy was optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville by the Miami Marlins on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, Jun 25th
	Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said Ben Joyce has resumed his throwing program in Arizona. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	Zach Brzykcy has been called up from Triple-A Jacksonville. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Angels transferred Ben Joyce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th	The Marlins optioned RHP Zach Brzykcy to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, May 25th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Jul 1st				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Zach Brzykcy (2026)

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