Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Joey Gerber (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 133	‐
VBR	# 345	# 849

Projections

Strikeouts	29	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.93	4.40
WHIP	1.27	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	7

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	8.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	45	6

Earned Runs	14	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	65	8

Walks	19	4

ERA	1.85	4.32

WHIP	0.94	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	28.1	8.8

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	8

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	29	8

Walks	9	3

ERA	3.93	4.40

WHIP	1.27	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM
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 Mets optioned Joey Gerber to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Joey Gerber was recalled from the minors ahead of Monday's game in Toronto. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Joey Gerber was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse following Tuesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Mets recalled Joey Gerber from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Mets optioned Joey Gerber to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC			Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Apr 4th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Joey Gerber (2026)

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