Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Lake Bachar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lake Bachar SP,RP - MIA	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 255	‐
VBR	# 570	# 700

Projections

Strikeouts	21	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.30
WHIP	1.37	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 334	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lake Bachar SP,RP - MIA	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	4

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	53.2	3.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	37	4

Earned Runs	21	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	59	3

Walks	21	2

ERA	3.52	9.00

WHIP	1.08	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lake Bachar SP,RP - MIA	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.3	14.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	18	13

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	15

Walks	9	7

ERA	4.17	4.30

WHIP	1.37	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lake Bachar SP,RP - MIA	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	Lake Bachar gave up no runs in the ninth inning of Sunday's win over the San Francisco Giants to earn his first save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
		The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
		The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
		The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
		The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 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
	Lake Bachar SP,RP - MIA			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Lake Bachar (2026)

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