Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Jack Leiter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Ben Shields SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 165	‐
VBR	# 374	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	43	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.44	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 192	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 186	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	80.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	80	‐

Earned Runs	48	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	83	‐

Walks	35	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	44.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.44	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Jack Leiter underwent an arthroscopic surgery to remove a loose body in his ankle region on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Rangers placed RHP Jack Leiter on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Jack Leiter (3-7) took the loss Thursday against the Twins after allowing six runs on seven hits and two walks over four innings. He struck out four. Minnesota scored four runs in the first inning, including a three-run homer by Brooks Lee, before Trevor Larnach added a two-run shot in the fourth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th
	Jack Leiter allowed five earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
	Leiter has a 4.69 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, and 76:31 K:BB across 71 innings over 13 starts this season. He had won back-to-back starts entering Saturday, including a 10-strikeout performance over 5.2 scoreless innings his previous outing, before three scoreless frames against Cleveland gave way to a Jose Ramirez solo homer in the fourth. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 7th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Jack Leiter (2026)

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