Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 638	# 831

Projections

Strikeouts	15	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.48
WHIP	1.39	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	1

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	3.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	22	5

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	15	2

Walks	2	1

ERA	5.87	9.82

WHIP	1.57	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.4	11.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	12

Earned Runs	7	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	9

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.15	4.48

WHIP	1.39	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
News
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#346	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#346
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#49
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#149
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#186
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#317
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#313	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#313	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#172
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#284	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#142	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#298	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#231
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD			vs SD
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD			vs SD
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD			vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th				vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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