Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Carmen Mlodzinski (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Ben Shields SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 214	‐
VBR	# 392	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	34	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.01	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 195	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 106	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	80.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	83	‐

Earned Runs	30	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	64	‐

Walks	28	‐

ERA	3.35	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	40.6	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.01	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Carmen Mlodzinski pitched the final four innings on Thursday and allowed one run on four hits while striking out three to preserve a 5-1 Pirates' victory over Houston. David Leisering Fri, Jun 5th
	Carmen Mlodzinski was reinstated from the restricted list by the Pirates on Monday after he was placed on the list the day before. David Leisering Mon, Jun 1st
	The Pirates placed Carmen Mlodzinski on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Carmen Mlodzinski is expected to be available for the Pirates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, May 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Carmen Mlodzinski (2026)

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