Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 657	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.77
WHIP	1.40	1.66

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	7

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	8.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	22	10

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	15	6

Walks	2	7

ERA	5.87	5.19

WHIP	1.57	1.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.2	7.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	8

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	11	7

Walks	4	4

ERA	4.14	4.77

WHIP	1.40	1.66

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Christian Roa RP - HOU
News
	The Phillies recalled Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Cubs designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Orioles designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Orioles claimed RHP Christian Roa off of waivers from the Twins and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Twins designated RHP Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	The Twins claimed RHP Christian Roa off waivers from the Astros and optioned him to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Christian Roa RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#256	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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