Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for David Bednar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 20	# 133
VBR	# 197	# 327

Projections

Strikeouts	23	28
Wins	1	2
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.31	3.87
WHIP	1.17	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	# 89

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 20	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 20	# 91

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 26	# 110

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 101	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	20

Games Started	0	8

Innings Pitched	47.0	68.0

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	2

Saves	23	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	36	45

Earned Runs	14	14

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	53	65

Walks	14	19

ERA	2.68	1.85

WHIP	1.06	0.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	8

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	20.1	26.5

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	16	24

Earned Runs	7	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	23	28

Walks	7	9

ERA	3.31	3.87

WHIP	1.17	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
News
	David Bednar allowed one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 2-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	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
	David Bednar struck out three while allowing two earned runs and two hits to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-2 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	David Bednar fired a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	David Bednar struck out one batter in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 1-0 win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	David Bednar RP - NYY			Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for David Bednar (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation