Who Should I Trade?

Jared Koenig for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 326	‐
VBR	# 536	# 605

Projections

Strikeouts	14	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.69	4.22
WHIP	1.36	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 263	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 384	# 450

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	19

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	7.0	18.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	12	24

Earned Runs	7	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	7	18

Walks	7	4

ERA	9.00	5.50

WHIP	2.71	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.4	14.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	13	13

Earned Runs	6	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	13

Walks	6	5

ERA	3.69	4.22

WHIP	1.36	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	The Brewers optioned Jared Koenig to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Phillies recalled Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Brewers activated Jared Koenig from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Jared Koenig will be activated from the injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Brewers say Jared Koenig’s next outing may very well be back in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Jared Koenig’s next rehab outing is slated for Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, May 5th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 10th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Koenig for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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