Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 584	# 675

Projections

Strikeouts	22	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	4.30
WHIP	1.39	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	# 450

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	35.2	15.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	23	22

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	39	15

Walks	23	2

ERA	2.78	5.87

WHIP	1.29	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.5	12.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	12

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	22	12

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.25	4.30

WHIP	1.39	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Matsui missed the entire Cactus League slate due to a groin strain and has been working his way back on a rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso. He has turned in two scoreless appearances there. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Matsui suffered a groin injury during a live batting practice session in February and hasn't appeared in a game this spring. He resumed throwing off a mound in early March and is slated to face live hitters again within the next several days. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	Matsui (groin) has received clearance to throw off a mound and took part in defensive drills on Monday. Opening Day availability remains uncertain. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th	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
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#272
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Backhus for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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