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Ben Brown for Dom Hamel (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC  | Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 107 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 201 | # 1049 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 83 | 11 |
| Wins | 5 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.77 | 4.16 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.24 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 82 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 71 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 71 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 127 | ‐ |
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 17 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 5 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 51.2 | ‐ |
| Wins | 2 | ‐ |
| Losses | 2 | ‐ |
| Saves | 1 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 1 | ‐ |
| Holds | 2 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 33 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 11 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 53 | ‐ |
| Walks | 15 | ‐ |
| ERA | 1.92 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 0.93 | ‐ |
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 32 | 17 |
| Games Started | 10 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 77.3 | 13.7 |
| Wins | 5 | 0 |
| Losses | 4 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 69 | 12 |
| Earned Runs | 32 | 6 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 9 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 83 | 11 |
| Walks | 26 | 5 |
| ERA | 3.77 | 4.16 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.24 |
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY | |
| News | ||
| Ben Brown held the Cardinals to just one run on three hits over seven innings on Saturday, lifting the Cubs to a 6-1 victory. David Leisering Sun, May 31st | The Yankees have reassigned right-hander Dom Hamel to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th | |
| Ben Brown allowed a run on four hits in six innings on Monday, but settled for a no-decision in the Cubs' 2-1 loss to the Pirates. David Leisering Mon, May 25th | The New York Yankees designated Don Hamel for assignment on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Feb 4th | |
| Ben Brown pitched five innings on Tuesday and allowed three runs on seven hits, walked two, and struck out six as the Cubs suffered a 5-2 loss to the Brewers. David Leisering Wed, May 20th | The Yankees claimed RHP Dom Hamel off waivers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 27th | |
| Ben Brown started for the Cubs on Thursday and allowed one hit and one walk while striking out seven over four scoreless innings. Chicago defeated Atlanta, 2-0. David Leisering Thu, May 14th | Dom Hamel has been designated for assignment by the Texas Rangers. The move was made to make room for Jakob Junis on the 40-man roster. David Leisering Tue, Jan 20th | |
| Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell confirmed that Ben Brown will start Friday’s series opener against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | vs MIA | Pete Fairbanks | |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TB | Mason Englert | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #188 | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #307 | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | vs BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #240 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 | vs BAL | Trey Gibson (1-0) | #309 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #236 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #192 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | @ KC | Bailey Falter (0-2) | #311 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #150 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ COL | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ SF | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ SF | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ SF | @ TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs COL | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs COL | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs TOR | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs TOR | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs TOR | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ NYM | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ NYM | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ NYM | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ MIL | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ MIL | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ MIL | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SD | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SD | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SD | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs STL | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs STL | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs STL | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ BAL | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ BAL | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ BAL | @ TB | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ CIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ CIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ CIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs MIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs MIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs MIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs DET | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs DET | vs PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs DET | vs PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ PIT | @ PHI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ PIT | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ PIT | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ STL | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ STL | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ STL | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs NYY | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs NYY | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs NYY | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs LAD | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs LAD | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ KC | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ KC | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ KC | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ WSH | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ WSH | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs STL | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs STL | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs STL | @ TOR | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs CWS | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs CWS | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SEA | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SEA | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SEA | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ARI | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ARI | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CIN | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CIN | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CIN | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIL | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIL | @ LAA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ MIA | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ MIA | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ MIA | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ MIL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ MIL | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ MIL | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs PIT | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs PIT | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs PIT | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs ATL | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATL | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATL | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ CIN | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ CIN | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ CIN | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs MIA | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs MIA | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIA | vs TB | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ BOS | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ BOS | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ BOS | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Mar 25th | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #241 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #156 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs CWS | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ TB | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ BAL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs COL | |||||
