Who Should I Trade?

Graham Ashcraft for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	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	# 684	# 635

Projections

Strikeouts	10	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	4.17
WHIP	1.38	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 326	# 450

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	27.0	15.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	10	1

Hits Allowed	17	22

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	32	15

Walks	16	2

ERA	3.33	5.87

WHIP	1.22	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.6	14.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	14

Earned Runs	5	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	10	14

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.01	4.17

WHIP	1.38	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw long toss on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Graham Ashcraft threw indoors on Saturday and will continue his throwing program through the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Graham Ashcraft got good news and is expected to be cleared to resume throwing soon. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to get a follow-up MRI on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	Graham Ashcraft received a PRP injection on June 2. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 3rd	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
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#289
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL			vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TB
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Graham Ashcraft for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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