Who Should I Trade?

Matt Bowman for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 338	‐
VBR	# 552	# 951

Projections

Strikeouts	20	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.33	4.41
WHIP	1.47	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 313	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	43.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	15	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	3.95	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.3	5.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	6

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	5

Walks	10	2

ERA	4.33	4.41

WHIP	1.47	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
News
	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 Twins have signed right-hander Matt Bowman to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Matt Bowman opted out of his contract with the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		The Blue Jays signed RHP Matt Bowman to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
		The Twins released Matt Bowman. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
		Matt Bowman has opted out of his minor league contract with the Twins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA			Matt Bowman RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#241
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Bowman for Sam Bachman (2026)

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