Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ross for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 654	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.09
WHIP	1.42	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Joe Ross RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	8

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	18.0	11.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	24	16

Earned Runs	11	12

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	18	7

Walks	4	6

ERA	5.50	9.26

WHIP	1.56	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Joe Ross RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.4	11.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	13	11

Earned Runs	6	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	13	9

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.30	4.09

WHIP	1.42	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Joe Ross RP - TEX
News
	The Phillies recalled Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rangers re-signed RHP Joe Ross to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Joe Ross has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Joe Ross was designated for assignment ahead of Monday's game at Cleveland. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Rangers selected the contract of RHP Joe Ross from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	The Rangers signed Joe Ross to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Joe Ross RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ross for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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