Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Jacob Misiorowski (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Misiorowski SP - MIL	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	# 2	# 132
VBR	# 64	# 338

Projections

Strikeouts	93	36
Wins	5	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.11	3.90
WHIP	1.17	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 2	# 80

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 2	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 2	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 2	# 91

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 6	# 89

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 4	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Misiorowski SP - MIL	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	20

Games Started	18	8

Innings Pitched	111.0	68.0

Wins	10	4

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	57	45

Earned Runs	20	14

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	167	65

Walks	27	19

ERA	1.62	1.85

WHIP	0.76	0.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Misiorowski SP - MIL	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	10

Games Started	12	5

Innings Pitched	67.3	34.8

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	31

Earned Runs	23	15

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	93	36

Walks	26	12

ERA	3.11	3.90

WHIP	1.17	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Misiorowski SP - MIL	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
News
	Jacob Misiorowski will start on Tuesday against the Mets. Ari Koslow 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
	Jacob Misiorowski is expected to return early next week for the series against the Mets. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Jacob Misiorowski and the Brewers have reportedly not began any extension talks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Jacob Misiorowski will likely begin throwing again Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Jacob Misiorowski allowed three earned runs on three hits while striking out 11 over seven innings in Monday’s win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Misiorowski SP - MIL			Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Jacob Misiorowski (2026)

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