Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	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	# 669	# 650

Projections

Strikeouts	19	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.39	4.17
WHIP	1.43	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 450

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	9.2	15.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	4	22

Earned Runs	2	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	8	15

Walks	5	2

ERA	1.86	5.87

WHIP	0.93	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.1	15.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	14	15

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	19	15

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.39	4.17

WHIP	1.43	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th	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
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#274
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, May 25th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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