Who Should I Trade?

Alek Manoah for Ben Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 133	‐
VBR	# 345	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	17
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.93	4.63
WHIP	1.27	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 89	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 110	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Alek Manoah SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	3

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	7.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	45	8

Earned Runs	14	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	65	5

Walks	19	8

ERA	1.85	9.82

WHIP	0.94	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Alek Manoah SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	16

Games Started	4	3

Innings Pitched	28.1	18.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	25	18

Earned Runs	12	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	29	17

Walks	9	8

ERA	3.93	4.63

WHIP	1.27	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Alek Manoah SP - LAA
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 Angels sent Alek Manoah outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Angels optioned Alek Manoah to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Alek Manoah pitched five scoreless innings in a bulk relief role on Monday during the Angels' 7-2 loss to the Guardians. David Leisering Mon, May 11th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Alek Manoah will make a bulk relief appearance on Monday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Alek Manoah pitched a perfect eighth inning on Friday in his first appearance in the big leagues since 2024. The Angels, however, lost to Toronto, 2-0. David Leisering Sat, May 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC			Alek Manoah SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Manoah for Ben Brown (2026)

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