Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Mason Miller (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Miller RP - SD	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 9	# 134
VBR	# 102	# 337

Projections

Strikeouts	41	36
Wins	2	2
Saves	13	0
ERA	2.25	3.92
WHIP	0.99	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 11	# 87

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 7	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 16	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	# 91

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	# 113

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 24	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Miller RP - SD	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	20

Games Started	0	8

Innings Pitched	40.2	68.0

Wins	2	4

Losses	1	2

Saves	25	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	20	45

Earned Runs	4	14

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	75	65

Walks	14	19

ERA	0.89	1.85

WHIP	0.84	0.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Miller RP - SD	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	10

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	25.7	34.3

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	15	31

Earned Runs	6	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	41	36

Walks	10	11

ERA	2.25	3.92

WHIP	0.99	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Miller RP - SD	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
News
	Mason Miller worked a clean inning for the save on Sunday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Mason Miller earned the save on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Mason Miller worked a clean inning on Tuesday against the Diamondbacks for his 23rd save. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Mason Miller earned his 22nd save of the season on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Mason Miller earned his 21st save of the season on Monday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Miller RP - SD			Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#390
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#263	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#435
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#433	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Mason Miller (2026)

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