Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Caden Dana (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 995

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	20
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.10
WHIP	‐	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Caden Dana SP - LAA
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	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	4

Innings Pitched	‐	23.4

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	2

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	23

Earned Runs	‐	13

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	20

Walks	‐	11

ERA	‐	5.10

WHIP	‐	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Caden Dana SP - LAA
News
		The Angels say Caden Dana is still bothered by fatigue related to mono. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
		Angels right-hander Caden Dana (illness) has been transferred from the Arizona Complex League to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 13th
		The Angels have optioned right-hander Caden Dana to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
		Angels right-hander Caden Dana (mono) is progressing towards facing live hitters. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
		Caden Dana is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
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			Caden Dana SP - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Caden Dana (2026)

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