Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Sam Bachman RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	# 236
VBR	# 649	# 986

Projections

Strikeouts	6	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.53
WHIP	1.38	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 194	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 240	# 322

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 208	# 344

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	# 116

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Sam Bachman RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	41

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	45.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	4	3

Holds	12	17

Hits Allowed	57	34

Earned Runs	28	21

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	44	46

Walks	19	27

ERA	4.75	4.14

WHIP	1.43	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Sam Bachman RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.0	5.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	5

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	5

Walks	2	3

ERA	3.94	4.53

WHIP	1.38	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Sam Bachman RP - LAA
News
	The Astros optioned Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	The Angels placed RHP Sam Bachman on the 15-day injured list with right forearm radial nerve inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	The Astros are calling Bryan King back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Sam Bachman left his appearance early on Sunday with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Astros optioned LHP Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Sam Bachman pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning on Sunday to earn his first save of the season as the Angels defeated the Athletics, 9-7. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st
	Bryan King is expected to step into the set-up role in the Astros bullpen with the return of Josh Hader. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Bryan King allowed one hit while striking out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan King RP - HOU			Sam Bachman RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#389	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#415	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#233	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#147
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#232	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ WSH
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
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Sam Bachman (2026)

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