Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Marco Raya (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1058

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	9
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.79
WHIP	‐	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	6.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	5

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	4

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	3.00

WHIP	‐	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	12

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	9.7

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	10

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	9

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	4.79

WHIP	‐	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Shields SP - COL	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
News
		The Twins activated Marco Raya from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
		Marco Raya made a rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
		Marco Raya (shoulder) was placed on the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
		The Twins recalled Marco Raya from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
		The Twins have optioned right-hander Marco Raya to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Shields SP - COL			Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Marco Raya (2026)

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