Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Bradley Blalock (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Bradley Blalock SP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 987

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	9
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.29
WHIP	‐	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Bradley Blalock SP - MIA
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
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Bradley Blalock SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	12.2

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	13

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	9

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	5.29

WHIP	‐	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Bradley Blalock SP - MIA
News
		The Marlins optioned RHP Bradley Blalock to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
		Bradley Blalock said on Wednesday that he worked on his mechanics and added a sinker and a sweeper to his arsenal during the offseason. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
		Bradley Blalock has been traded from the Colorado Rockies to the Miami Marlins for minor league pitcher, Jake Brooks. Blalock was designated for assignment last week by the Rockies. David Leisering Tue, Jan 20th
		The Rockies designated RHP Bradley Blalock for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Shields SP - COL			Bradley Blalock SP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD			vs PHI
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Bradley Blalock (2026)

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