Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Chad Patrick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Ben Shields SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 182	‐
VBR	# 411	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	38	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.28	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 183	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	73.1	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	61	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	3.56	‐

WHIP	1.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	40.3	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.28	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Chad Patrick allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Thu, May 28th
	Chad Patrick will start for the Brewers on Wednesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Chad Patrick allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over 3 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
	Chad Patrick allowed two earned runs on one hit and five walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday’s 13-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 29th
	Chad Patrick is expected to pitch in a bulk relief role on Wednesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#148	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#314
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#222
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#265
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#387
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#159
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#347
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#185
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#144	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#154
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#420
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#175	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#273
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#310
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67	vs WSH
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432	@ MIL
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL			@ MIL
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#162
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Chad Patrick (2026)

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