Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Jameson Taillon (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 157	‐
VBR	# 382	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	44	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.79	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 184	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 159	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 179	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 146	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	13	‐

Innings Pitched	67.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	65	‐

Earned Runs	39	‐

Home Runs Allowed	20	‐

Strikeouts	59	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	5.19	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	55.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.79	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon will be activated early next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon could go on a rehab assignment this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Jameson Taillon is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Tuesday Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon has a chance to return in time to make one start for the Cubs before the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Jameson Taillon (2026)

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