Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 169	‐
VBR	# 591	# 635

Projections

Strikeouts	22	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	4.17
WHIP	1.32	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 450

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	17

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	53.0	15.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	55	22

Earned Runs	37	10

Home Runs Allowed	11	3

Strikeouts	41	15

Walks	19	2

ERA	6.28	5.87

WHIP	1.40	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	18

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	25.5	14.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	25	14

Earned Runs	12	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	22	14

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.32	4.17

WHIP	1.32	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are moving Steven Matz into a bullpen role "for now." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jun 6th	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	Steven Matz allowed five runs on six hits and no walks while striking out two across 1.2 innings in Tuesday's 6-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 3rd	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#289
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs TB
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#298
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Steven Matz (2026)

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