Who Should I Trade?

Jose Suarez for Kyle Backhus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Suarez RP - ATH	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 299	‐
VBR	# 515	# 581

Projections

Strikeouts	18	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.21	4.04
WHIP	1.39	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 304	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 281	# 450

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Suarez RP - ATH	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	21

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	57.2	20.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	59	25

Earned Runs	30	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	59	20

Walks	24	6

ERA	4.68	4.95

WHIP	1.44	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Suarez RP - ATH	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.8	12.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	18	12

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	12

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.21	4.04

WHIP	1.39	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Suarez RP - ATH	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	José Suarez will open the game on Thursday for the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Athletics activated LHP José Suarez from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Phillies recalled Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Athletics have placed left-hander Jose Suarez on the paternity list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	José Suarez is officially on the Athletics roster. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Mariners traded Jose Suarez to the Athletics for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Suarez RP - ATH			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Suarez for Kyle Backhus (2026)

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