Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Lazaro Estrada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 133	‐
VBR	# 423	# 689

Projections

Strikeouts	20	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.87	4.55
WHIP	1.28	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 103	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	4

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	9.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	45	4

Earned Runs	14	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	65	6

Walks	19	5

ERA	1.85	4.82

WHIP	0.94	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	15

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	18.6	11.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	12

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	20	10

Walks	6	4

ERA	3.87	4.55

WHIP	1.28	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
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 Blue Jays optioned Lazaro Estrada to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Blue Jays recalled Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Blue Jays are expected to recall Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Blue Jays placed Lazaro Estrada on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Lazaro Estrada was optioned back to the minors ahead of Tuesday's game against the Astros. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
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			Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#254
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Lazaro Estrada (2026)

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