Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 606	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.00	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	3

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	16.0	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	22	6

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	17	5

Walks	3	4

ERA	6.19	22.50

WHIP	1.56	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	12.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.00	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	The Phillies recalled Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Jun 19th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th				vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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