Who Should I Trade?

Matt Bowman for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 296	‐
VBR	# 513	# 951

Projections

Strikeouts	22	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.91	4.41
WHIP	1.28	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 214	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 404	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	32.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	4.18	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.5	5.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	6

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	22	5

Walks	8	2

ERA	3.91	4.41

WHIP	1.28	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
News
	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	The Twins have signed right-hander Matt Bowman to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Shawn Armstrong will make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th	Matt Bowman opted out of his contract with the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Shawn Armstrong threw a bullpen session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	The Blue Jays signed RHP Matt Bowman to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Shawn Armstrong (groin) has been placed on the 15-day IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Apr 26th	The Twins released Matt Bowman. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
		Matt Bowman has opted out of his minor league contract with the Twins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
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			Matt Bowman RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#241
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ DET
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 (8-8)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Bowman for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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