Who Should I Trade?

Sam Bachman for Tyler Kinley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Tyler Kinley RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 236	# 333
VBR	# 986	# 684

Projections

Strikeouts	5	9
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	4.59
WHIP	1.52	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 116	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	# 365

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 322	# 286

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Tyler Kinley RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	52

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.2	45.2

Wins	1	6

Losses	2	5

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	3	4

Holds	17	11

Hits Allowed	34	36

Earned Runs	21	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	9

Strikeouts	46	43

Walks	27	22

ERA	4.14	3.74

WHIP	1.34	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Tyler Kinley RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.6	8.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	5	8

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	9

Walks	3	4

ERA	4.53	4.59

WHIP	1.52	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Tyler Kinley RP - DET
News
	The Angels placed RHP Sam Bachman on the 15-day injured list with right forearm radial nerve inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Tyler Kinley signed a major-league contract with the Tigers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 24th
	Sam Bachman left his appearance early on Sunday with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Braves designated RHP Tyler Kinley for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Tyler Kinley worked a scoreless 10th inning to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Yankees. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 9th
	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Tyler Kinley (paternity) has rejoined the Braves ahead of Friday's game in St. Louis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
		The Braves placed Tyler Kinley on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
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			Tyler Kinley RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#196
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#212
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#215
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#117
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#230
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#392
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#230
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#243
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#147	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st				@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

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