Who Should I Trade?

Jeff Criswell for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Jeff Criswell RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 595	# 1067

Projections

Strikeouts	14	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	5.01
WHIP	1.39	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Jeff Criswell RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	3

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	18.0	4.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	24	4

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	18	3

Walks	4	3

ERA	5.50	4.50

WHIP	1.56	1.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Jeff Criswell RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.7	6.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	7

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	7

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.12	5.01

WHIP	1.39	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Jeff Criswell RP - COL
News
	The Phillies recalled Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Jeff Criswell is hopeful to receive an MRI before devising a rehab plan. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Rockies have placed right-hander Jeff Criswell on the 15-day injured list due to a right shoulder strain. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 18th
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Rockies optioned RHP Jeff Criswell to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Rockies have recalled right-hander Jeff Criswell from Triple-A Albuquerque. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	The Rockies activated Jeff Criswell from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Jeff Criswell RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#64	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#285	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Fri, Jun 19th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th				@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jeff Criswell for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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