Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 320	‐
VBR	# 630	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.38	‐
WHIP	1.11	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 256	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 404	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	33.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	29	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	4.91	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.3	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.38	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	Shawn Armstrong has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will be shut down for the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Guardians have transferred right-hander Shawn Armstrong (calf) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Guardians say Shawn Armstrong has a moderate to high-grade calf strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th
	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE			A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#329
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#82
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#221
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#171
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#200	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#211
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#223	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#398
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#402
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#295	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#282
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#105
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#349
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#332	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#195	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#93	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#262	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#346
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#317	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#399
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#215	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#257	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#105
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#308	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#161
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#153	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#256
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#138	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#254	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#130
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#237
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#153
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#196
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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