Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 253	‐
VBR	# 453	# 956

Projections

Strikeouts	41	20
Wins	2	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.72	4.89
WHIP	1.26	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 234	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 320	# 400

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.0	16.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	12	18

Earned Runs	6	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	19	13

Walks	8	14

ERA	3.60	5.40

WHIP	1.33	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	42	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.2	22.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	35	21

Earned Runs	17	12

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	41	20

Walks	14	11

ERA	3.72	4.89

WHIP	1.26	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Shawn Armstrong will make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Shawn Armstrong threw a bullpen session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Shawn Armstrong (groin) has been placed on the 15-day IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Apr 26th	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
		The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
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			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#91	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#97
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#13	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#24	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#78	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#68
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#420
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (3-3)	#200	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#337
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#86	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#85	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#84	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#125	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (0-1)	#110	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#94	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#283
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#293	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (4-4)	#190	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#149	vs DET	Framber Valdez (2-4)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216	vs DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#201
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#127	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#95
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#202	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#219	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#78	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-1)	#166	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49	@ CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#140
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#24
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#124	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#121
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#173	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#181
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#421	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#215
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#41	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#203
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#324	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#143	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-4)	#26	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#170
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#201	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#101	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-1)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#162
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#237	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#29
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#87	@ NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#117
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#237	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (3-1)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30	vs ATL	Martin Perez (3-3)	#200
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (3-0)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#23	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (3-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#162
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#76	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#23	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (1-2)	#34	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-0)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY			@ SD
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sun, Jun 14th	vs DET			vs ARI
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS			vs MIL
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX			@ MIL
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS			@ MIL
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT			@ COL
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT			@ COL
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT			@ COL
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			vs CLE
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#114
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#98
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#241
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (1-2)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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