Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Cole Irvin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 133	‐
VBR	# 331	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	27	2
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.89	6.05
WHIP	1.27	1.57

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	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	68.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	65	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	1.85	‐

WHIP	0.94	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	12

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	26.0	2.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	3

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	27	2

Walks	9	1

ERA	3.89	6.05

WHIP	1.27	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
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	Lefthander Cole Irvin has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Mon, Mar 16th
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Dodgers signed left-hander Cole Irvin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 1st
	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			Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#241
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Cole Irvin (2026)

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