Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Eric Cerantola (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 134	‐
VBR	# 337	# 1019

Projections

Strikeouts	36	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	4.41
WHIP	1.27	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 87	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

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


Games Played	20	4

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	5.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	45	4

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	65	7

Walks	19	10

ERA	1.85	10.13

WHIP	0.94	2.63

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


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	34.3	4.9

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	4

Earned Runs	15	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	36	5

Walks	11	3

ERA	3.92	4.41

WHIP	1.27	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Eric Cerantola 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 Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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 Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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			Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#231	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#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)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#390	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#435	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#435
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
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)	#205
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)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#291
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

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Eric Cerantola (2026)

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