Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Chris Paddack (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 147	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	‐
Wins	‐	‐
Saves	‐	‐
ERA	‐	‐
WHIP	‐	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 96	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 196	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 475

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	14

Games Started	8	9

Innings Pitched	68.0	57.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	7

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	45	76

Earned Runs	14	43

Home Runs Allowed	2	9

Strikeouts	65	40

Walks	19	19

ERA	1.85	6.79

WHIP	0.94	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
News
	Ben Brown (neck) will miss the rest of the season. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Sep 3rd	Chris Paddack has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Ben Brown “is experiencing symptoms again after his outing yesterday.” Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Rangers have designated right-hander Chris Paddack for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Ben Brown is close to being cleared for a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Chris Paddack allowed two runs on seven hits with no walks and one strikeout over four innings of bulk relief in Monday’s win over the Guardians. He worked three scoreless frames before giving up both runs in his final inning after signing with Texas earlier in the day. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	Ben Brown is scheduled to face live hitters on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Chris Paddack signed a one-year contract with the Rangers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Ben Brown has resumed throwing daily. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Rangers are reportedly close to a deal with Chris Paddack. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC			Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#194
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#109
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#60
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#178
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#272
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#188
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#141
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#313
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#144
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#335
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#116
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#143
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#111
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#321
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#277
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#99
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#151
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#353
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#160
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#361
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#361
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#306
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#226
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#272
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#107
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#43
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#121
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#144
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#138
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#217
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#6
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#201
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#132
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#329
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#119
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#250
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#36
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#117
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#217
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#159
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#211
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#96
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (2-2)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#48
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#141
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#83
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#218
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#144
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#52
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#112
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#35
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#106
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#135
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#213
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#112
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#35
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#295
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#99
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#177
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#143
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#121
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#218
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#106
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#135
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#213
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#150
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Chris Paddack (2026)

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