Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 320	‐
VBR	# 803	# 1004

Projections

Strikeouts	3	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.59
WHIP	1.39	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 256	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 404	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.0	5.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	29	4

Earned Runs	18	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	33	6

Walks	19	6

ERA	4.91	3.18

WHIP	1.45	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.4	3.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	3

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	3	3

Walks	2	2

ERA	4.30	4.59

WHIP	1.39	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
News
	Shawn Armstrong has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Carter Baumler was sent on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	The Guardians have transferred right-hander Shawn Armstrong (calf) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Guardians say Shawn Armstrong has a moderate to high-grade calf strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
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			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#146
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#222
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#227
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#291
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#60	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#319
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#311	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#153	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#274
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#188	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99

Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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