Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Lyon Richardson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 133	‐
VBR	# 363	# 798

Projections

Strikeouts	29	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.95	4.48
WHIP	1.28	1.47

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	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	2

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	68.0	1.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	45	2

Earned Runs	14	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	65	3

Walks	19	2

ERA	1.85	27.00

WHIP	0.94	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	13

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	27.5	8.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	7

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	29	7

Walks	9	4

ERA	3.95	4.48

WHIP	1.28	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	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	The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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