Ben Brown or Jose Butto
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| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC  | Jose Butto SP,RP - SF  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 16 | 3 |
| Games Started | 4 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 44.2 | 2.0 |
| Wins | 1 | 0 |
| Losses | 2 | 0 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 2 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 30 | 6 |
| Earned Runs | 10 | 5 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 47 | 5 |
| Walks | 14 | 4 |
| ERA | 2.01 | 22.50 |
| WHIP | 0.99 | 5.00 |
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | Jose Butto SP,RP - SF | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 40 | 54 |
| Games Started | 3 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 68.3 | 63.9 |
| Wins | 4 | 3 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 2 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 4 | 12 |
| Hits Allowed | 63 | 57 |
| Earned Runs | 29 | 29 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 9 | 7 |
| Strikeouts | 73 | 59 |
| Walks | 22 | 27 |
| ERA | 3.79 | 4.11 |
| WHIP | 1.24 | 1.32 |
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | Jose Butto SP,RP - SF | |
| News | ||
| 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 | The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st | |
| 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 | José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th | |
| 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 | José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th | |
| Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell confirmed that Ben Brown will start Friday’s series opener against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th | The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd | |
| 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 | Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | Jose Butto SP,RP - SF | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #61 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #202 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #44 | @ SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #329 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 | @ SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #144 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #132 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #165 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TB | Mason Englert | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #166 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #37 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #124 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 | @ BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #123 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #208 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #37 | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 | @ CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #203 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #132 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #168 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #178 | @ WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #248 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #37 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #39 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #41 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #77 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #59 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #134 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #201 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #300 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #66 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #94 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #51 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #101 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #201 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 | vs SD | Bradgley Rodriguez | |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #203 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #124 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #79 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #136 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #241 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #41 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #138 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #218 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #73 | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #116 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #366 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #135 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #66 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #17 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #94 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #121 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #73 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #179 | vs CWS | Bryan Hudson (3-1) | #177 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #185 | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #222 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #124 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #115 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #71 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #423 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (1-1) | #421 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #117 | @ COL | Tanner Gordon (0-0) | #322 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #151 | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #129 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #189 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #116 | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #135 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #87 | @ CHC | Ben Brown (1-2) | #55 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #64 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #74 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #96 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #108 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ COL | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ COL | vs WSH | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ SF | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ SF | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ SF | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs COL | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs COL | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ NYM | |||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ NYM | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ NYM | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | vs ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ MIL | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ MIL | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ MIL | vs ATL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SD | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SD | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SD | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs STL | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs STL | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs STL | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ BAL | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ BAL | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ BAL | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ CIN | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ CIN | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ CIN | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs DET | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs DET | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs DET | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ PIT | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ PIT | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ PIT | vs LAA | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ STL | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ STL | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ STL | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs NYY | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs NYY | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs NYY | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | @ TEX | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs LAD | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs LAD | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ KC | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ KC | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ KC | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ WSH | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ WSH | vs HOU | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs STL | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs STL | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs STL | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs CWS | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs CWS | @ CLE | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SEA | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SEA | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SEA | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ARI | vs CIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ARI | vs CIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIL | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIL | @ PIT | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ MIA | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ MIA | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ MIA | @ NYM | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs PIT | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs PIT | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs PIT | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs ATL | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATL | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATL | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ CIN | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ CIN | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ CIN | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs MIA | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs MIA | vs MIN | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ BOS | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ BOS | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ BOS | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Mar 25th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #103 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #169 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ PHI | Tim Mayza | ||||
| Mon, May 11th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ ATL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs TOR | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ CLE | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs ARI | |||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | vs MIN | |||||
