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Ben Brown for Kris Bubic (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Kris Bubic SP - KC  | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC  | |
Expert |
67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts |
33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 84 | # 108 |
| VBR | # 260 | # 205 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 85 | 81 |
| Wins | 5 | 4 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| ERA | 3.82 | 3.79 |
| WHIP | 1.33 | 1.27 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL15 | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 73 | # 79 |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 46 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 86 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 101 | # 127 |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 110 | # 71 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 97 | # 82 |
| Kris Bubic SP - KC | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 9 | 16 |
| Games Started | 9 | 4 |
| Innings Pitched | 50.1 | 44.2 |
| Wins | 3 | 1 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 0 | 2 |
| Hits Allowed | 36 | 30 |
| Earned Runs | 23 | 10 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 51 | 47 |
| Walks | 26 | 14 |
| ERA | 4.11 | 2.01 |
| WHIP | 1.23 | 0.99 |
| Kris Bubic SP - KC | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 19 | 33 |
| Games Started | 15 | 9 |
| Innings Pitched | 86.4 | 74.9 |
| Wins | 5 | 4 |
| Losses | 5 | 4 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 80 | 66 |
| Earned Runs | 37 | 32 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 9 | 8 |
| Strikeouts | 85 | 81 |
| Walks | 32 | 26 |
| ERA | 3.82 | 3.79 |
| WHIP | 1.33 | 1.27 |
| Kris Bubic SP - KC | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Royals left-hander Kris Bubic (elbow) has begun throwing, but it still dealing with general arm fatigue. Brenton Kemp Thu, May 28th | Ben Brown allowed a run on four hits in six innings on Monday, but settled for a no-decision in the Cubs' 2-1 loss to the Pirates. David Leisering Mon, May 25th | |
| Kris Bubic said he is hopeful to have a short stint on the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | Ben Brown pitched five innings on Tuesday and allowed three runs on seven hits, walked two, and struck out six as the Cubs suffered a 5-2 loss to the Brewers. David Leisering Wed, May 20th | |
| The Royals placed Kris Bubic on the 15-day injured list with left elbow soreness. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | Ben Brown started for the Cubs on Thursday and allowed one hit and one walk while striking out seven over four scoreless innings. Chicago defeated Atlanta, 2-0. David Leisering Thu, May 14th | |
| Kris Bubic allowed five earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Thursday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Fri, May 15th | Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell confirmed that Ben Brown will start Friday’s series opener against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th | |
| Kris Bubic allowed three earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out five over 5.2 innings in Friday's 4-3 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sat, May 9th | Ben Brown retired all six batters he faced in the eighth and ninth innings on Saturday for his first save of the season as the Cubs blanked the Diamondbacks, 2-0. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Kris Bubic SP - KC | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #109 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #136 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #202 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #229 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #44 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #166 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #73 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #124 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #366 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #54 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #26 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #37 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #67 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #132 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #61 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #70 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #178 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #42 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #37 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #123 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #41 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #420 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #47 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #134 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #201 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #218 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #116 | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #300 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #6 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #66 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #90 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #94 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #45 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #203 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #79 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #366 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #136 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #222 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #241 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #183 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #86 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #138 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #73 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #366 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #30 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #135 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #33 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #17 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #121 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #179 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #6 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #185 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #61 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #124 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #24 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #52 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #79 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #117 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #151 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #339 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #75 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #116 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #81 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #87 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #64 | ||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #96 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs TOR | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SD | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs STL | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ STL | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs ATL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #63 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #183 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | |||||
