Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Dylan Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 131	‐
VBR	# 326	# 655

Projections

Strikeouts	36	18
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.87	4.17
WHIP	1.26	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 105	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 342

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Dylan Smith RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	14

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	12.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	45	10

Earned Runs	14	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	65	13

Walks	19	5

ERA	1.85	3.55

WHIP	0.94	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Dylan Smith RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	24

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	35.0	20.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	31	19

Earned Runs	15	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	36	18

Walks	12	8

ERA	3.87	4.17

WHIP	1.26	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Dylan Smith RP - SF
News
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Giants recalled Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Giants optioned RHP Dylan Smith to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Giants recalled RHP Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Tigers are sending RHP Dylan Smith to the Giants for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
	Ben Brown allowed two runs on four hits, did not walk a batter, and struck out four as the Cubs hammered the Blue Jays, 16-2, on Friday. David Leisering Fri, Jun 19th	The Tigers designated Dylan Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC			Dylan Smith RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#310	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#332
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#89	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#32	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#248
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#165	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#78
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#207
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#157	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#233	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#324
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#177	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#133	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#109	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#201
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#324
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#95	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#177
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#150
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#207
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#84	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#152	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#212	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#96	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#247
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#379	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#113	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#133
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#137	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#264	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#158	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#228
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#118	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#342
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#112	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#128
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#243
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#88	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#57	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#94
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#155
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#57	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#212
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#192
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#249	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#157	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#247
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#112
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#153	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#156	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#174	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#177	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#118	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#342
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#78	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-1)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#79	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#20	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#342
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#308
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#95	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#49	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#86	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET			@ KC
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET			@ KC
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ KC
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL			vs MIL
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			vs MIL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			vs MIL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#183
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#151
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#182
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#304
Sun, Jun 21st				@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

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