Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Colton Gordon (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 725

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	11
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.60
WHIP	‐	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

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


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	9.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	21

Earned Runs	‐	12

Home Runs Allowed	‐	6

Strikeouts	‐	11

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	11.57

WHIP	‐	2.57

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


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	13.1

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	14

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	11

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	4.60

WHIP	‐	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
News
		The Brewers are reportedly viewing Colton Gordon as a starter. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
		The Astros are trading Colton Gordon to the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
		Colton Gordon was optioned to Triple-A ahead of Thursday's game agains the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
		Colton Gordon was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
		The Astros optioned LHP Colton Gordon to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
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			Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#258	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD			@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD			@ SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ SD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
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 Colton Gordon (2026)

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