Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Rutledge for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 338	‐
VBR	# 536	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.21	4.62
WHIP	1.46	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 313	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	1.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	15	0

Hits Allowed	34	6

Earned Runs	19	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	45	2

Walks	20	2

ERA	3.95	47.25

WHIP	1.25	6.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.9	11.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	20	11

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	10

Walks	10	5

ERA	4.21	4.62

WHIP	1.46	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - FA
News
	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	The Phillies claimed RHP Jackson Rutledge off of waivers from the Nationals and optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Nationals designated RHP Jackson Rutledge for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
		The Nationals recalled Jackson Rutledge from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA			Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Rutledge for Sam Bachman (2026)

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