Who Should I Trade?

Luinder Avila for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 236	‐
VBR	# 796	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.45	‐
WHIP	1.43	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 322	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	# 185

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	21

Games Started	0	12

Innings Pitched	45.2	70.0

Wins	1	5

Losses	2	4

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	17	0

Hits Allowed	34	71

Earned Runs	21	42

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	46	61

Walks	27	42

ERA	4.14	5.40

WHIP	1.34	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	4.45	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
News
	Sam Bachman pitched in a Arizona Bridge League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Luinder Avila will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Angels placed RHP Sam Bachman on the 15-day injured list with right forearm radial nerve inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Luinder Avila is scheduled to undergo testing on his forearm injury on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Sam Bachman left his appearance early on Sunday with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Luinder Avila allowed six earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two over 2.2 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd
	Sam Bachman pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning on Sunday to earn his first save of the season as the Angels defeated the Athletics, 9-7. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st	The Royals placed RHP Luinder Avila on the 15-day injured list with right forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Luinder Avila allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out two over 4.1 innings in Sunday's win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA			Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#109	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#313	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#390	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#134	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#183
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#251	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#295	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#247
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#91	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#223	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#414
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#192
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#134
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes	#87
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#118	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#230
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Luinder Avila for Sam Bachman (2026)

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