Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 312	‐
VBR	# 866	# 1042

Projections

Strikeouts	5	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.93
WHIP	1.34	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 404	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.0	1.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	29	2

Earned Runs	18	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	33	0

Walks	19	2

ERA	4.91	36.00

WHIP	1.45	4.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.1	5.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	5	5

Earned Runs	2	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	5

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.21	4.93

WHIP	1.34	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	The Guardians have transferred right-hander Shawn Armstrong (calf) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Athletics designated LHP Ben Bowden for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Guardians say Shawn Armstrong has a moderate to high-grade calf strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Athletics selected the contract of Ben Bowden. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Shawn Armstrong will make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 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
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#402	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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