Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Keider Montero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Ben Shields SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 183	‐
VBR	# 480	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.57	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 321	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	16	‐

Innings Pitched	106.0	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	79	‐

Earned Runs	37	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	78	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	3.14	‐

WHIP	0.95	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	36.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	37	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.57	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero allowed one earned run across 5 1/3 innings while earning the win over the Cubs on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched three shutout innings while earning the save against the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed that Keider Montero is being moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Keider Montero allowed five hits and one walk while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings while earning the win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#423
Sun, Jun 14th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-0)	#410	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Keider Montero (2026)

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