Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Jake Woodford (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 133	‐
VBR	# 333	# 912

Projections

Strikeouts	26	4
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.36
WHIP	1.27	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 89	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 110	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 377

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Jake Woodford RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	17

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	25.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	45	39

Earned Runs	14	21

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	65	23

Walks	19	7

ERA	1.85	7.46

WHIP	0.94	1.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Jake Woodford RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	25.4	5.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	23	5

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	26	4

Walks	9	2

ERA	3.94	4.36

WHIP	1.27	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Jake Woodford RP - CHC
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	The Cubs selected the contract of Jake Woodford. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Chicago Cubs designated Jake Woodford for assignment on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Cubs are reportedly signing right-hander Jake Woodford to a big-league deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Jake Woodford has agreed to a minor-league contract with the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Jake Woodford has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
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			Jake Woodford RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Jake Woodford (2026)

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