Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Philip Abner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 648	# 714

Projections

Strikeouts	15	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.18
WHIP	1.39	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Philip Abner RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	5

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	9.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	22	8

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	15	5

Walks	2	6

ERA	5.87	6.75

WHIP	1.57	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Philip Abner RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.9	16.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	15	16

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	15

Walks	6	7

ERA	4.17	4.18

WHIP	1.39	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Philip Abner RP - ARI
News
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Philip Abner will option Philip Abner back to Triple-A on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Diamondbacks recalled Philip Abner from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Diamondbacks optioned LHP Philip Abner to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	The Diamondbacks recalled LHP Phillip Abner from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Diamondbacks optioned Philip Abner to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Philip Abner RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#341	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#274	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Philip Abner (2026)

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