Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Jhancarlos Lara (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	4
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.29
WHIP	‐	1.75

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

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Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	16

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	3.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	4

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.29

WHIP	‐	1.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
News
		The Washington Nationals have outrighted right-hander Jhancarlos Lara to Double-A Harrisburg. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
		The Nationals designated Jhancarlos Lara for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
		Jhancarlos Lara was designated for assignment by the Braves on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 10th
		Lara was called up to the majors last season but did not appear in a game. He transitioned to a relief role in the minors during 2025 and struck out 104 batters across 68.2 innings between Double-A Columbus and Triple-A Gwinnett, but he also walked 65 and posted a 7.73 ERA. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Shields SP - COL			Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#364	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#415	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Jhancarlos Lara (2026)

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