Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 657	# 1064

Projections

Strikeouts	11	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.99
WHIP	1.40	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	# 479

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


Games Played	17	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	16.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	22	18

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	15	13

Walks	2	14

ERA	5.87	5.40

WHIP	1.57	1.92

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


Games Played	16	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.2	9.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	9

Earned Runs	6	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	11	8

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.14	4.99

WHIP	1.40	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
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 Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#256	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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