Who Should I Trade?

Porter Hodge for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 320	‐
VBR	# 495	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.38	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 256	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 404	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	33.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	29	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	4.86	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	1.8	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.38	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
News
	The Guardians activated RHP Shawn Armstrong from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 23rd	The Cubs transferred RHP Porter Hodge to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Shawn Armstrong is on track to be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 22nd	Porter Hodge underwent reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament with an internal brace on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd
	Shawn Armstrong made a rehab appearance on Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	Porter Hodge will undergo season-ending UCL surgery on his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Shawn Armstrong has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said that the goal is for Porter Hodge to begin playing catch around April 1. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 24th
	The Guardians have transferred right-hander Shawn Armstrong (calf) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell told reporters Porter Hodge will begin the season on the injured list with a right elbow flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
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			Porter Hodge RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#3	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#158
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#79
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#143
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#84
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#162
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#147	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#207	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#280
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#122
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#309
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#78
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#246	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#157
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#252
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#324
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#78	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#342
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#342
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#277
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#179	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#130	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#203
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#132	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#257	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#191	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#334
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)	#244
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#301	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#221
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#231	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#219
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#287	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (2-2)	#24
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#22
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#112
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#123	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#67	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#28
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#200	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#106
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#154	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#28
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88	vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#172
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#219	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#157
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#339	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#153
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#106
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#109
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#80
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)	#177
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236

Who Should I Trade?

Porter Hodge for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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