Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Estevez for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 338	# 289
VBR	# 513	# 997

Projections

Strikeouts	19	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	1
ERA	4.27	4.52
WHIP	1.47	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 313	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 203

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	0.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	15	0

Hits Allowed	34	4

Earned Runs	19	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	45	0

Walks	20	2

ERA	3.95	162.00

WHIP	1.25	18.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	5.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	19	5

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	5

Walks	10	2

ERA	4.27	4.52

WHIP	1.47	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
News
	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	Carlos Estevez started a throwing program on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Carlos Estevez is being re-evaluated on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
		Carlos Estevez did not feel great following Saturday’s bullpen session and will be re-evaluated in the coming days. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
		Carlos Estevez is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
		Carlos Estevez is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 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
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA			Carlos Estevez RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Estevez for Sam Bachman (2026)

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