Who Should I Trade?

Jalen Beeks for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 357	‐
VBR	‐	# 635

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	14
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.17
WHIP	‐	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 462	# 450

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 326	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	26.0	15.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	28	22

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	21	15

Walks	8	2

ERA	3.81	5.87

WHIP	1.38	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	18

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	14.6

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	14

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	14

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	4.17

WHIP	‐	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	The Rangers transferred Jalen Beeks to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Rangers left-hander Jalen Beeks (flexor) is out for the season after undergoing surgery. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Rangers placed LHP Jalen Beeks on the 15-day injured list with back spasms. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Jalen Beeks and the Texas Rangers have agreed on a one-year contract. David Leisering Thu, Mar 12th	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
		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
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#289
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TB
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jalen Beeks for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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