Who Should I Trade?

Sam Bachman for Victor Mederos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 680	# 830

Projections

Strikeouts	14	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.79
WHIP	1.47	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 318	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.2	14.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	17	0

Hits Allowed	34	12

Earned Runs	21	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	46	11

Walks	27	4

ERA	4.14	3.77

WHIP	1.34	1.12

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.4	13.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	14	14

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	11

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.27	4.79

WHIP	1.47	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
News
	Sam Bachman left his appearance early on Sunday with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Victor Mederos gave up no runs, one hit, and a walk while striking out one across 2 1/3 innings to earn the save in Monday's 3-2 win over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Victor Mederos was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Braves optioned Victor Mederos to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
		The Atlanta Braves have called up RHP Victor Mederos. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
		The Angels designated RHP Victor Mederos for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
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			Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Wed, Jul 1st				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Sam Bachman for Victor Mederos (2026)

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