Who Should I Trade?

Austin Gomber for Ben Shields (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Austin Gomber SP - ATL	Ben Shields SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.87	‐
WHIP	1.49	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Gomber SP - ATL	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Gomber SP - ATL	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	16.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	5.87	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Gomber SP - ATL	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Austin Gomber has signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves. He was released by the Texas Rangers on their minor league pact earlier in the day. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
	The Rangers reassigned LHP Austin Gomber to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Left-hander Austin Gomber will not make the Rangers Opening Day roster, according to general manager Chris Young. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Austin Gomber has signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers. Gomber's contract includes an invitation to Spring Training next month. David Leisering Sun, Jan 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Gomber SP - ATL			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#398
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jul 28th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Gomber for Ben Shields (2026)

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