Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 21	‐
VBR	# 189	# 648

Projections

Strikeouts	29	15
Wins	2	1
Saves	13	0
ERA	3.42	4.17
WHIP	1.20	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 20	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 20	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 101	# 450

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	40.0	15.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	18	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	32	22

Earned Runs	12	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	45	15

Walks	12	2

ERA	2.70	5.87

WHIP	1.10	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.8	15.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	20	15

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	29	15

Walks	9	6

ERA	3.42	4.17

WHIP	1.20	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	David Bednar struck out three batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in the Yankees' 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Yankees activated David Bednar from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	The Yankees have placed closer David Bedar on the paternity list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	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
	David Bednar RP - NYY			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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