Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Carter Baumler (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1080

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	7
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.93
WHIP	‐	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	5.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	4

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	3.18

WHIP	‐	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	8.3

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	8

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	4.93

WHIP	‐	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
News
		The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
		Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
		The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
		Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
		The Rangers placed RHP Carter Baumler on the 15-day injured list with a right intercostal strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
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			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Carter Baumler (2026)

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