Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Tayler Scott (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 657	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.16	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Tayler Scott RP - ATL
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	Tayler Scott RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	15.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.16	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Tayler Scott RP - ATL
News
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Scott agreed to a minor-league contract with Atlanta on Dec. 27. He posted a 7.90 ERA and 1.90 WHIP with 24 strikeouts and 18 walks across 27.1 innings in 2025. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 4th
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Tayler Scott has signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves. The contract presumably comes with an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Fri, Jan 23rd
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	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
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Tayler Scott RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#70	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#279	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 14th				vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Tayler Scott (2026)

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