Who Should I Trade?

Eric Orze for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Eric Orze RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 236	# 363
VBR	# 811	# 641

Projections

Strikeouts	5	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.03
WHIP	1.50	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 322	# 343

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	# 409

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Eric Orze RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.2	41.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	3	4

Holds	17	7

Hits Allowed	34	42

Earned Runs	21	26

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	46	36

Walks	27	21

ERA	4.14	5.66

WHIP	1.34	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Eric Orze RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.6	4.4

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	5	4

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	5	4

Walks	3	2

ERA	4.15	4.03

WHIP	1.50	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Eric Orze RP - MIN
News
	Sam Bachman pitched in a Arizona Bridge League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	Eric Orze struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Fri, Apr 10th
	The Angels placed RHP Sam Bachman on the 15-day injured list with right forearm radial nerve inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Orze posted a 3.02 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 40:19 K:BB across 41.2 innings in 33 appearances with Tampa Bay last season before being traded to Minnesota this offseason. He's struggled with his control this spring, allowing five runs over 6.2 innings with an 8:6 K:BB and a 6.75 ERA. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Sam Bachman left his appearance early on Sunday with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Sam Bachman pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning on Sunday to earn his first save of the season as the Angels defeated the Athletics, 9-7. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st
	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA			Eric Orze RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#253	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#391	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#209
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#282
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#368
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#330	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#259
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#109
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#224
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#168	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Orze for Sam Bachman (2026)

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