Who Should I Trade?

Chris Paddack for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 240	‐
VBR	# 694	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.38	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 326	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	# 475

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	14

Games Started	0	9

Innings Pitched	45.2	57.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	7

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	17	0

Hits Allowed	34	76

Earned Runs	21	43

Home Runs Allowed	6	9

Strikeouts	46	40

Walks	27	19

ERA	4.14	6.79

WHIP	1.34	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.5	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.38	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
News
	The Angels activated RHP Sam Bachman from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 16th	Chris Paddack has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Sam Bachman threw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	The Rangers have designated right-hander Chris Paddack for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Sam Bachman pitched in a Arizona Bridge League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	Chris Paddack allowed two runs on seven hits with no walks and one strikeout over four innings of bulk relief in Monday’s win over the Guardians. He worked three scoreless frames before giving up both runs in his final inning after signing with Texas earlier in the day. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	The Angels placed RHP Sam Bachman on the 15-day injured list with right forearm radial nerve inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Chris Paddack signed a one-year contract with the Rangers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Sam Bachman left his appearance early on Sunday with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Rangers are reportedly close to a deal with Chris Paddack. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA			Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#27
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#104
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#145
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#388
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#223
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#291
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#119
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#204
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#80
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#184
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#97
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#120
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#80
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#253
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#306
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#155
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#373
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#184
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#97
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#221
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#298
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#89
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#131
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#371
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#104
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#215
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#89
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#131
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#284
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#37
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#102
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#74
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#61
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#151
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Riley Cornelio (2-2)	#304
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-2)	#38
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#96
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#242
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#155
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-2)	#38
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Paddack for Sam Bachman (2026)

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