Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Gavin Williams (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	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	# 34	# 132
VBR	# 158	# 338

Projections

Strikeouts	79	36
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.79	3.90
WHIP	1.30	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 80

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 36	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 34	# 91

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	# 89

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 30	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	20

Games Started	20	8

Innings Pitched	119.1	68.0

Wins	10	4

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	99	45

Earned Runs	53	14

Home Runs Allowed	20	2

Strikeouts	145	65

Walks	37	19

ERA	4.00	1.85

WHIP	1.14	0.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	5

Innings Pitched	71.2	34.8

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	61	31

Earned Runs	30	15

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	79	36

Walks	29	12

ERA	3.79	3.90

WHIP	1.30	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
News
	Gavin Williams allowed five runs on seven hits over six innings while striking out 11 and walking none in a 7-1 loss to the Pirates in Game 1 of a Saturday doubleheader. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Friday’s contest between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Guardians has been postponed due to air quality conditions the club announced. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 17th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Gavin Williams will start on Friday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Gavin Williams allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 11 over seven innings in Thursday's 5-2 win over Minnesota. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Gavin Williams allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 4.2 innings in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 4th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE			Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#211
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#105	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Gavin Williams (2026)

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