Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 296	‐
VBR	# 511	# 916

Projections

Strikeouts	21	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.15
WHIP	1.31	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 214	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 404	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.0	3.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	29	5

Earned Runs	18	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	33	2

Walks	19	1

ERA	4.91	9.82

WHIP	1.45	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.9	8.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	19	9

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	6

Walks	7	3

ERA	3.94	4.15

WHIP	1.31	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
News
	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Braves recalled LHP Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Shawn Armstrong will make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th	The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Shawn Armstrong threw a bullpen session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	Shawn Armstrong (groin) has been placed on the 15-day IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Apr 26th
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			Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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