Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Matt Krook (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 133	‐
VBR	# 336	# 988

Projections

Strikeouts	36	10
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	4.27
WHIP	1.27	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

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	Matt Krook RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	8

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	6.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	45	9

Earned Runs	14	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	65	7

Walks	19	6

ERA	1.85	12.79

WHIP	0.94	2.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Matt Krook RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	14

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	34.3	9.9

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	9

Earned Runs	15	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	36	10

Walks	11	6

ERA	3.92	4.27

WHIP	1.27	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Matt Krook RP - WSH
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 Nationals are expected to activate Matt Krook on Monday. 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 Nationals claimed Matt Krook off waivers from the Athletics. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Athletics designated LHP Matt Krook for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Athletics selected the contract of LHP Matt Krook from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC			Matt Krook RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Matt Krook (2026)

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