Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 379	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	53	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.70	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 153	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	17	‐

Innings Pitched	98.2	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	107	‐

Earned Runs	57	‐

Home Runs Allowed	21	‐

Strikeouts	62	‐

Walks	40	‐

ERA	5.20	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	68.6	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	71	‐

Earned Runs	36	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	53	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	4.70	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits over five innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Merrill Kelly allowed one run on three hits over seven innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a win on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on eight hits over five innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
	Merrill Kelly allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on seven hits, walked three, and struck out two as the Diamondbacks dropped a 3-2 decision to the Cardinals on Monday. David Leisering Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#236
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, Apr 24th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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