Who Should I Trade?

Mason Montgomery for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Sam Bachman RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	# 236
VBR	# 306	# 903

Projections

Strikeouts	13	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.25	4.45
WHIP	1.26	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 116

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	# 344

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 73	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 92	# 322

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Sam Bachman RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	55	41

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	53.2	45.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	2	3

Holds	9	17

Hits Allowed	37	34

Earned Runs	19	21

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	87	46

Walks	22	27

ERA	3.19	4.14

WHIP	1.10	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Sam Bachman RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.7	5.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	9	5

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	13	5

Walks	4	3

ERA	3.25	4.45

WHIP	1.26	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Sam Bachman RP - LAA
News
	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Tuesday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Angels placed RHP Sam Bachman on the 15-day injured list with right forearm radial nerve inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Mason Montgomery threw a clean inning in a save on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Sam Bachman left his appearance early on Sunday with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Friday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th	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
	Mason Montgomery earned the save on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Mason Montgomery earned the save despite allowing two runs on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT			Sam Bachman RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Montgomery for Sam Bachman (2026)

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