Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Griffin Jax (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 100	# 132
VBR	# 248	# 337

Projections

Strikeouts	52	36
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	3.92
WHIP	1.24	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 64	# 89

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 160	# 207

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 143	# 80

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 144	# 91

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	20

Games Started	15	8

Innings Pitched	75.0	68.0

Wins	5	4

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	68	45

Earned Runs	33	14

Home Runs Allowed	13	2

Strikeouts	77	65

Walks	26	19

ERA	3.96	1.85

WHIP	1.25	0.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	9	5

Innings Pitched	47.4	34.3

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	42	31

Earned Runs	20	15

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	52	36

Walks	16	11

ERA	3.81	3.92

WHIP	1.24	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
News
	Griffin Jax allowed seven runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in the first game of Friday's doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox, taking the loss in a 10-0 defeat. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 17th	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Griffin Jax will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Griffin Jax allowed one run on four hits and three walks while striking out three across five innings in Saturday's 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Griffin Jax allowed three runs on one hit and two walks while striking out 10 across five innings in Monday's 5-1 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Griffin Jax allowed three runs on five hits and no walks while striking out five across six innings in Tuesday's 10-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB			Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE			@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Griffin Jax (2026)

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