Ben Brown or Cole Sands
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| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN  | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 16 |
| Games Started | 0 | 4 |
| Innings Pitched | 11.2 | 44.2 |
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| Losses | 1 | 2 |
| Saves | 1 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 3 | 2 |
| Hits Allowed | 12 | 30 |
| Earned Runs | 6 | 10 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 11 | 47 |
| Walks | 4 | 14 |
| ERA | 4.63 | 2.01 |
| WHIP | 1.37 | 0.99 |
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 64 | 40 |
| Games Started | 1 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 66.5 | 68.3 |
| Wins | 4 | 4 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 4 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 12 | 4 |
| Hits Allowed | 61 | 63 |
| Earned Runs | 30 | 29 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 9 |
| Strikeouts | 65 | 73 |
| Walks | 20 | 22 |
| ERA | 4.02 | 3.79 |
| WHIP | 1.21 | 1.24 |
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | Ben Brown allowed a run on four hits in six innings on Monday, but settled for a no-decision in the Cubs' 2-1 loss to the Pirates. David Leisering Mon, May 25th | |
| Cole Sands has been placed on the 10-day IL due to a right forearm strain. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd | Ben Brown pitched five innings on Tuesday and allowed three runs on seven hits, walked two, and struck out six as the Cubs suffered a 5-2 loss to the Brewers. David Leisering Wed, May 20th | |
| Cole Sands worked around a free pass and did his job with minimal drama. Sands allowed no runs on zero hits and one walk while striking out two over one inning in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Orioles, earning his first save of the season. Matthew Adam Sun, Mar 29th | Ben Brown started for the Cubs on Thursday and allowed one hit and one walk while striking out seven over four scoreless innings. Chicago defeated Atlanta, 2-0. David Leisering Thu, May 14th | |
| The Twins are keeping Cole Sands in discussion to close games heading into the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th | Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell confirmed that Ben Brown will start Friday’s series opener against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th | |
| Cole Sands and the Minnesota Twins avoided arbitration and Sands agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.1 million. David Leisering Mon, Jan 12th | Ben Brown retired all six batters he faced in the eighth and ninth innings on Saturday for his first save of the season as the Cubs blanked the Diamondbacks, 2-0. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #87 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #89 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #246 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #78 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #38 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #95 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #166 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #96 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #74 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #53 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #166 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #219 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #114 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #256 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #144 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #125 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #6 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #100 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #367 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #133 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #142 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #181 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #170 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #107 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #19 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #130 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #48 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #140 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #191 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #212 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #305 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #219 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #60 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #91 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #94 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #417 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #89 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #246 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #142 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #223 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #105 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #77 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #63 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #70 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #247 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #147 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #194 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #62 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #76 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #188 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #347 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #158 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #136 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #331 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #126 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #88 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) | #122 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #184 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #178 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #186 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #179 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #114 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #125 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #76 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-4) | #2 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #161 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #114 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #139 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #76 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #155 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #347 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #118 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #106 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #117 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #85 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs KC | Luinder Avila | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #67 | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs KC | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ DET | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ DET | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs STL | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs STL | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs STL | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ TEX | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ TEX | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs COL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ARI | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ARI | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ARI | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs LAD | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs LAD | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs LAD | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs COL | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs COL | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs COL | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ HOU | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ HOU | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ HOU | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ NYY | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ NYY | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ NYY | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs CLE | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs CLE | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs CLE | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs LAA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs LAA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs LAA | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CHC | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CHC | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CHC | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ CLE | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ CLE | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ CLE | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ATH | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ATH | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ATH | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ STL | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs KC | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs KC | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs KC | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ SEA | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ SEA | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ SEA | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ KC | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ KC | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIL | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIL | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIL | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs BAL | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs BAL | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs STL | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs PHI | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs PHI | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATL | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATL | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATL | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SD | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SD | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SD | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ATH | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ATH | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ATH | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CWS | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CWS | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CWS | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs DET | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs DET | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs DET | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ CWS | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ CWS | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ CWS | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CLE | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CLE | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CLE | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs NYY | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs NYY | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs NYY | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ LAA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ LAA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ LAA | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SF | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SF | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs TEX | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs TEX | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs TEX | @ BOS | ||||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #90 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-6) | #69 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ LAA | |||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
