Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Jared Jones (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 121	‐
VBR	# 220	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	54	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.92	‐
WHIP	1.29	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 201	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 66	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 73	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 79	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Jones SP - PIT	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	40.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.05	‐

WHIP	1.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Jones SP - PIT	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	50.5	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	3.92	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Jones SP - PIT	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Jared Jones allowed one run on three hits over five innings with nine strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Jared Jones will start on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Jared Jones struck out eight over six perfect innings in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Jared Jones allowed one run on two hits over four innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Thursday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Jared Jones allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits over 4 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jared Jones SP - PIT			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#423
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st				vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Jared Jones (2026)

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