Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Josh Fleming (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 132	‐
VBR	# 338	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	36	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.90	5.81
WHIP	1.27	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

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


Games Played	20	1

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	3.0

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	1

Walks	19	2

ERA	1.85	12.00

WHIP	0.94	2.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	34.8	1.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	2

Earned Runs	15	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	36	1

Walks	12	1

ERA	3.90	5.81

WHIP	1.27	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
News
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Cubs signed LHP Josh Fleming to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Blue Jays re-signed LHP Josh Fleming to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Josh Fleming has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 9th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Blue Jays designated Josh Fleming for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 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	Lefthander Josh Fleming had his contract selected by the Toronto Blue Jays and should be available on Monday out of the bullpen. Righthander Austin Voth was designated for assignment in a corresponding move. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
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			Josh Fleming RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ WSH
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 Josh Fleming (2026)

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