Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Jared Shuster (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Jared Shuster RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	‐
VBR	# 182	# 1108

Projections

Strikeouts	33	3
Wins	2	0
Saves	13	0
ERA	3.05	5.23
WHIP	1.20	1.59

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 28	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Jared Shuster RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.2	9.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	20	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	11

Earned Runs	7	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	38	4

Walks	12	6

ERA	2.12	9.00

WHIP	1.18	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Jared Shuster RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.9	3.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	33	3

Walks	11	1

ERA	3.05	5.23

WHIP	1.20	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Jared Shuster RP - STL
News
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters on 13 pitches in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Jared Shuster was designated for assignment ahead of Wednesday's game against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Aroldis Chapman picked up the save in Sunday’s 7-5 win over the Angels, allowing a solo home run while striking out two over one inning. Zach Neto took him deep with two outs before Chapman struck out the next batter to secure his 18th save of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	The Cardinals recalled Jared Shuster from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Aroldis Chapman earned his 17th save of the season Friday against the Angels after working a scoreless ninth inning. He allowed two hits and struck out one while protecting Boston’s three-run lead. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th	Jared Shuster was assigned to Triple-A Memphis on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th
	Aroldis Chapman allowed two runs, one earned, on one hit and one walk over one inning in Sunday’s 5-4 extra-inning win over the Yankees. He struck out two and was charged with his second blown save of the season, though Boston’s victory in the 10th kept him from taking the loss. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th	The Cardinals designated Jared Shuster for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	Aroldis Chapman worked around one walk and struck out one batter in a scoreless ninth inning Saturday to close out Boston’s 4-1 win over the Yankees. It was his 16th save of the season and second of the series. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th	The Cardinals sent LHP Jared Shuster outright to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS			Jared Shuster RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, May 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Jared Shuster (2026)

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