Who Should I Trade?

Philip Abner for Ryan Helsley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Philip Abner RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 114	‐
VBR	# 547	# 713

Projections

Strikeouts	11	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.59	4.16
WHIP	1.24	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 39	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 187	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Philip Abner RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	7.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	7

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	4

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.11	8.59

WHIP	1.43	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Philip Abner RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.7	16.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	16

Earned Runs	4	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	11	15

Walks	4	7

ERA	3.59	4.16

WHIP	1.24	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Philip Abner RP - ARI
News
	Ryan Helsley said he has inflammation around his UCL but the ligament itself is intact. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Diamondbacks recalled Philip Abner from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Ryan Helsley will seek a second opinion on his right elbow in the coming weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Diamondbacks optioned LHP Philip Abner to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Diamondbacks recalled LHP Phillip Abner from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	The Orioles placed Ryan Helsley on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Diamondbacks optioned Philip Abner to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley was unavailable on Wednesday against the White Sox due to right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	The Diamondbacks recalled Philip Abner from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL			Philip Abner RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#250	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Philip Abner for Ryan Helsley (2026)

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