Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Connor Phillips (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 420	# 1063

Projections

Strikeouts	11	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.64	5.00
WHIP	1.29	1.61

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 481

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 192	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.2	27.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	6	5

Hits Allowed	24	21

Earned Runs	13	17

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	21	28

Walks	10	28

ERA	6.27	5.53

WHIP	1.82	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.9	3.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	9	3

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	11	4

Walks	4	2

ERA	3.64	5.00

WHIP	1.29	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
News
	The Astros activated Bennett Sousa from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Bennett Sousa is scheduled to make a rehab appearance on Sunday for Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st
	The Astros transferred LHP Bennett Sousa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Bennett Sousa is continuing to advance in his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Bennett Sousa began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU			Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Connor Phillips (2026)

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