Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Yariel Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 648	# 944

Projections

Strikeouts	15	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.37
WHIP	1.39	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 423

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	10

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	9.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	22	12

Earned Runs	10	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	15	6

Walks	2	7

ERA	5.87	7.71

WHIP	1.57	2.04

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.9	8.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	15	7

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	9

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.17	4.37

WHIP	1.39	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
News
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Yariel Rodriguez cleared waivers on Friday and was assigned to Triple-A Buffalo. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Blue Jays designated Yariel Rodriguez for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	Yariel Rodriguez will fill a 1-2 inning role out of Blue Jays bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	The Blue Jays selected the contract of Yariel Rodriguez. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Blue Jays are calling right-hander Yariel Rodríguez back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#368
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#341	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#274	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, Jun 19th				@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Aug 14th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Yariel Rodriguez (2026)

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