Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Blade Tidwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 745

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	11
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.25
WHIP	‐	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	12.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	1

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	10

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	10

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	3.00

WHIP	‐	1.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	12.2

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	12

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	11

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	4.25

WHIP	‐	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
News
		The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
		The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Shields SP - COL			Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#255	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#342	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#290	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#435
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs MIL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#291
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Blade Tidwell (2026)

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