Who Should I Trade?

Drew Sommers for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 522	# 648

Projections

Strikeouts	20	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.82	4.17
WHIP	1.41	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 402	# 450

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Sommers RP - DET	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	10.0	15.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	11	22

Earned Runs	6	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	15	15

Walks	6	2

ERA	5.40	5.87

WHIP	1.70	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Sommers RP - DET	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.4	15.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	2

Hits Allowed	20	15

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	20	15

Walks	9	6

ERA	3.82	4.17

WHIP	1.41	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Sommers RP - DET	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	The Tigers have recalled left-hander Drew Sommers from Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Thu, May 28th	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Drew Sommers is with the Tigers on standby on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Drew Sommers will serve as the Tigers’ 27th man for Sunday’s doubleheader against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Drew Sommers was with the Tigers on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	Sommers allowed two runs without surrendering a hit across three Grapefruit League innings. He walked four batters, hit two with pitches and threw one wild pitch during his spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Sommers RP - DET			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs TB
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, May 25th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Sommers for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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