Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Triston McKenzie (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 635	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.17	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
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	Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	14.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.17	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
News
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Triston McKenzie has been reassigned to minor league camp by the San Diego Padres. David Leisering Sat, Mar 21st
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	McKenzie carries a 5.46 ERA across 24 big-league appearances (20 starts) since 2023 into Padres camp as a non-roster invitee, but his arm has shown something new this spring. He gained weight over the offseason and pitched in winter ball for the first time, and his four-seamer is averaging 95.7 mph — up two full mph from last season. McKenzie has never touched 97 mph in a major-league game, but he topped that mark 10 times in his most recent Cactus League outing and peaked at 98.8 mph. He admitted having "no idea" where the extra velocity is coming from. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 13th
	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			Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#289	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Triston McKenzie (2026)

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