Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 553	# 606

Projections

Strikeouts	18	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.14	4.00
WHIP	1.31	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	# 450

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	18

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	11.2	16.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	12	22

Earned Runs	6	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	11	17

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.63	6.19

WHIP	1.37	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.8	12.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	12

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	12

Walks	6	5

ERA	4.14	4.00

WHIP	1.31	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	The Phillies recalled Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands began a rehab assignment with Triple-A St. Paul on Tuesday, pitching a scoreless inning. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Cole Sands has been shut down from throwing after undergoing an MRI on Friday that revealed inflammation in the forearm. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 15th	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Mar 31st				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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