Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Caleb Thielbar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 147	# 229
VBR	‐	# 536

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	7
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.10
WHIP	‐	1.22

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 96	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	# 208

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 196	# 210

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 323

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	52

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	44.2

Wins	4	3

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	3

Blown Saves	1	4

Holds	2	7

Hits Allowed	45	42

Earned Runs	14	25

Home Runs Allowed	2	11

Strikeouts	65	55

Walks	19	17

ERA	1.85	5.04

WHIP	0.94	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	6.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	5

Earned Runs	‐	3

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.10

WHIP	‐	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
News
	Ben Brown (neck) will miss the rest of the season. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Sep 3rd	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Caleb Thielbar is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Wednesday ahead of a minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	Ben Brown “is experiencing symptoms again after his outing yesterday.” Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Caleb Thielbar threw a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Ben Brown is close to being cleared for a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Caleb Thielbar threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for a high-intensity session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
	Ben Brown is scheduled to face live hitters on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	The Cubs placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Ben Brown has resumed throwing daily. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell told reporters Thursday that Caleb Thielbar exited in the ninth inning due to left hamstring tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
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			Caleb Thielbar RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#396	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#396
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#389	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#389
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#285	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#285
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#115	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Caleb Thielbar (2026)

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