Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Keegan Akin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	Ben Shields SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 300	‐
VBR	# 1033	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.93	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 288	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 296	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	25.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	5.68	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.3	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.93	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin (elbow) is scheduled to be evaluated by elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister the week of July 13. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Keegan Akin (2026)

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