Who Should I Trade?

Chris Paddack for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 320	‐
VBR	# 616	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.13	‐
WHIP	1.13	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 256	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 404	# 475

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	14

Games Started	0	9

Innings Pitched	33.0	57.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	29	76

Earned Runs	18	43

Home Runs Allowed	4	9

Strikeouts	33	40

Walks	19	19

ERA	4.91	6.79

WHIP	1.45	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.3	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.13	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
News
	Shawn Armstrong has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Chris Paddack has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Guardians have transferred right-hander Shawn Armstrong (calf) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Rangers have designated right-hander Chris Paddack for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	The Guardians say Shawn Armstrong has a moderate to high-grade calf strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Chris Paddack allowed two runs on seven hits with no walks and one strikeout over four innings of bulk relief in Monday’s win over the Guardians. He worked three scoreless frames before giving up both runs in his final inning after signing with Texas earlier in the day. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Chris Paddack signed a one-year contract with the Rangers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	The Rangers are reportedly close to a deal with Chris Paddack. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE			Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#168
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#139
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#181
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#310
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#206
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#192
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#12
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#271
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#233
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#148
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#329
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#357
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#218
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#263
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#324
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#305
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#156
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#268
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#150
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#100
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#138
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Paddack for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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