Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 657	# 1023

Projections

Strikeouts	11	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.24
WHIP	1.40	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
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
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.2	2.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	3

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	11	3

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.14	4.24

WHIP	1.40	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
News
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Brandon Waddell has been named the starter for the Mets spring training opener on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#256	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th				vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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