Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for Robert Stephenson (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.27	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 433	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	9.39	‐

WHIP	1.70	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.27	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
News
	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st	Stephenson signed a three-year, $33 million deal with the Angels after the 2023 season and previously underwent UCL reconstruction in May 2024. He experienced thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms over the winter and was eased into spring workouts before right elbow inflammation emerged and landed him on the 60-day IL prior to Opening Day. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
		The Angels placed RHP Robert Stephenson on the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
		Angels reliever Robert Stephenson has suffered a setback and said there is concern of further damage to his UCL. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
		Angels reliever Robert Stephenson (shoulder) has suffered a setback and wil undergo tests. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
		Robert Stephenson said he “felt great” after facing live hitters for the first time on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 6th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL			Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for Robert Stephenson (2026)

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