Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 650	# 774

Projections

Strikeouts	15	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.34
WHIP	1.39	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Chase Lee RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	3

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	3.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	22	2

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	15	1

Walks	2	4

ERA	5.87	8.10

WHIP	1.57	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Chase Lee RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.9	9.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	15	10

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	9

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.17	4.34

WHIP	1.39	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Chase Lee RP - TOR
News
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Blue Jays optioned RHP Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Chase Lee RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#274	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th				@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th				vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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