Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Michael Arias (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 132	‐
VBR	# 337	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	36	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	6.04
WHIP	1.27	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Michael Arias RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	68.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	65	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	1.85	‐

WHIP	0.94	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Michael Arias RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	34.3	0.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	1

Earned Runs	15	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	36	1

Walks	11	1

ERA	3.92	6.04

WHIP	1.27	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Michael Arias RP - NYY
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 Yankees have reassigned right-hander Michael Arias to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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			Michael Arias RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ CWS
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ CWS
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Michael Arias (2026)

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