Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Sam Bachman RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 216	# 236
VBR	# 431	# 860

Projections

Strikeouts	19	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.46
WHIP	1.37	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 169	# 322

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 106	# 344

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 116

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Sam Bachman RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	41

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	109.0	45.2

Wins	7	1

Losses	6	2

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	3	17

Hits Allowed	120	34

Earned Runs	50	21

Home Runs Allowed	9	6

Strikeouts	87	46

Walks	36	27

ERA	4.13	4.14

WHIP	1.43	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Sam Bachman RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	8

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	23.1	5.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	5

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	5

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.12	4.46

WHIP	1.37	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Sam Bachman RP - LAA
News
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed one (unearned) run on one hit over 3 1/3 innings with two strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	The Angels placed RHP Sam Bachman on the 15-day injured list with right forearm radial nerve inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed three runs on five hits over three innings with four steps on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	Sam Bachman left his appearance early on Sunday with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed four runs on eight hits over three innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Monday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	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
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed four runs on five hits over 2 1/3 innings with one strikeout and three walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed five runs on seven hits over three innings with one strikeout and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT			Sam Bachman RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Sam Bachman (2026)

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