Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 591	# 983

Projections

Strikeouts	14	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.57
WHIP	1.39	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	18.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	5.50	‐

WHIP	1.56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.7	6.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	14	6

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	6

Walks	5	2

ERA	4.12	4.57

WHIP	1.39	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	The Phillies recalled Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	Vargas is not eligible to return until late May, and it remains unclear whether he has resumed throwing or is still shut down. He has been out all season with a right lat strain. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#64	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#285	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th				@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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