Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Liam Hendriks (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Liam Hendriks RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 639	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.53
WHIP	1.39	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Liam Hendriks RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	15.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	5.87	‐

WHIP	1.57	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Liam Hendriks RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.4	8.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	15	7

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	8

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.15	4.53

WHIP	1.39	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Liam Hendriks RP - CHC
News
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Liam Hendriks threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Liam Hendriks has signed a minor-league deal with the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Twins have granted reliver Liam Hendriks his release. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 20th
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	Liam Hendriks (elbow) threw live batting practice on Monday - the first time he's faced hitters since undergoing surgery on his right elbow last September. David Leisering Mon, Feb 23rd
	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Twins signed veteran Liam Hendriks to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 11th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Liam Hendriks RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#71	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#310
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#346
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TB	Mason Englert
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#159
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#161	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#277	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#177	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#159
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#300	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA			@ STL
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Liam Hendriks (2026)

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