Who Should I Trade?

Eric Orze for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 316	# 363
VBR	# 896	# 786

Projections

Strikeouts	2	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.36
WHIP	1.34	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 247	# 343

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 404	# 409

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Eric Orze RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.0	41.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	8	7

Hits Allowed	29	42

Earned Runs	18	26

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	33	36

Walks	19	21

ERA	4.91	5.66

WHIP	1.45	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Eric Orze RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.5	6.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	6

Earned Runs	1	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	2	6

Walks	1	3

ERA	4.29	4.36

WHIP	1.34	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Eric Orze RP - MIN
News
	The Guardians have transferred right-hander Shawn Armstrong (calf) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Eric Orze struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Fri, Apr 10th
	The Guardians say Shawn Armstrong has a moderate to high-grade calf strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Orze posted a 3.02 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 40:19 K:BB across 41.2 innings in 33 appearances with Tampa Bay last season before being traded to Minnesota this offseason. He's struggled with his control this spring, allowing five runs over 6.2 innings with an 8:6 K:BB and a 6.75 ERA. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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			Eric Orze RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Orze for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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