Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Ben Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 133	# 309
VBR	# 345	# 618

Projections

Strikeouts	29	18
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.93	4.33
WHIP	1.27	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	# 396

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 228

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	39

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	65.0

Wins	4	4

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	5

Hits Allowed	45	51

Earned Runs	14	27

Home Runs Allowed	2	8

Strikeouts	65	68

Walks	19	32

ERA	1.85	3.74

WHIP	0.94	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	21

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	28.1	19.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	25	17

Earned Runs	12	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	29	18

Walks	9	8

ERA	3.93	4.33

WHIP	1.27	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
News
	Cubs right-hander Ben Brown (neck) is asymptomatic, according to manager Craig Counsell, and the club will continue to be conservative with his rehab program. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC			AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Ben Brown (2026)

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