Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 367	‐
VBR	# 621	# 675

Projections

Strikeouts	19	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.39	4.30
WHIP	1.41	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 348	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 422	# 450

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	31.0	15.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	26	22

Earned Runs	15	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	29	15

Walks	12	2

ERA	4.35	5.87

WHIP	1.23	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.3	12.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	12

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	19	12

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.39	4.30

WHIP	1.41	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	The Rays placed Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#272
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs TB
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sat, May 9th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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