Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Luis Curvelo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 669	# 941

Projections

Strikeouts	9	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.16	4.73
WHIP	1.46	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	# 480

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Luis Curvelo RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	10.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	25	17

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	20	6

Walks	6	7

ERA	4.95	9.58

WHIP	1.55	2.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Luis Curvelo RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.9	7.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	7

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	6

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.16	4.73

WHIP	1.46	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Luis Curvelo RP - TEX
News
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Rangers optioned RHP Luis Curvelo to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Phillies recalled Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rangers have recalled right-hander Luis Curvelo from Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Rangers optioned RHP Luis Curvelo to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Rangers recalled RHP Luis Curvelo from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	Luis Curvelo was in the Rangers clubhouse on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Luis Curvelo RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#65	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#400
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#348	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Luis Curvelo (2026)

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