Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Eduardo Salazar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 133	‐
VBR	# 342	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	28	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.91	6.87
WHIP	1.26	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
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	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	27.4	0.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	1

Earned Runs	12	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	28	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	3.91	6.87

WHIP	1.26	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
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	Eduardo Salazar has agreed to a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The righthander will presumably head to major league spring training as part of the agreement. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	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			Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#187
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Eduardo Salazar (2026)

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