Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Sean Newcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 233	‐
VBR	# 415	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	24	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	3	‐
ERA	3.79	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 193	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	56.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	41	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	55	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	2.41	‐

WHIP	1.09	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	24.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	24	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	3.79	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Sean Newcomb struck out four while not allowing a hit or walk over three scoreless innings in Saturday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	Sean Newcomb was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Yankees with a left triceps contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#423
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Sean Newcomb (2026)

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