Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 240	‐
VBR	# 627	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	0.00
WHIP	1.48	1.11

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 326	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	# 433

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	7.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	4	1

Holds	17	2

Hits Allowed	38	9

Earned Runs	24	8

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	47	9

Walks	28	4

ERA	4.50	9.39

WHIP	1.38	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	1.8	0.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	1

Earned Runs	1	0

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	2	1

Walks	1	0

ERA	4.14	0.00

WHIP	1.48	1.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
News
	The Angels activated RHP Sam Bachman from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 16th	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	Sam Bachman threw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th
	Sam Bachman pitched in a Arizona Bridge League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	The Angels placed RHP Sam Bachman on the 15-day injured list with right forearm radial nerve inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Sam Bachman left his appearance early on Sunday with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA			Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#225	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#169	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#179	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#197	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#50	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#3	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#112
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#148	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#230
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#292	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#71
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#171	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#166	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#214
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#252	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#281
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#248
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#252	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#191	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#76	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#67	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#230	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#278
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)	#288
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#65	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#44
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#72
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#153
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#253
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#98	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#132
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-3)	#222
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#40	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#86	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#324	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#301
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#250	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#3	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#103	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#65	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#140	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#179	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#68	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#185	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#106
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#13
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#118	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#144
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#112
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#334	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#86
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#49
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#169	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#140
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#165	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#118	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#17	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#58	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#329
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#249
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#125	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-2)	#114
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#227
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#26	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#109	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#80	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#103	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#40
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#229
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Riley Cornelio (3-2)	#282	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (2-2)	#24	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#160
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#68
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#20
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#213	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#292
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#324	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#3	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#22	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (2-2)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#20
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#13
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#248
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for Sam Bachman (2026)

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