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Ben Brown for Pedro Avila (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC  | Pedro Avila RP - FA  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 133 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 333 | # 819 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 26 | 5 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.94 | 4.73 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.50 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL15 | FA |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 89 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 91 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 110 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 207 | ‐ |
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | Pedro Avila RP - FA | |
| 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 | ‐ |
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | Pedro Avila RP - FA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 8 | 5 |
| Games Started | 4 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 25.4 | 6.7 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Losses | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 23 | 7 |
| Earned Runs | 11 | 4 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 26 | 5 |
| Walks | 9 | 3 |
| ERA | 3.94 | 4.73 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.50 |
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | Pedro Avila RP - FA | |
| 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 | Guardians right-hander Pedro Avila has opted out of his contract and will become a free agent. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st | |
| Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th | The Guardians have re-signed reliever Pedro Avila on a minor league deal. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 22nd | |
| Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th | The Guardians re-signed RHP Pedro Avila to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd | |
| Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th | The Guardians have released right-hander Pedro Avila. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 18th | |
| The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th | Guardians reliever Pedro Avila has been informed he will not make the Opening Day roster, according to manager Stephen Vogt. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | Pedro Avila RP - FA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (8-4) | #54 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (3-8) | #295 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-5) | #169 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson (2-6) | #221 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (9-6) | #52 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #122 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (8-6) | #88 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (8-6) | #44 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (9-6) | #49 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TB | Mason Englert (0-3) | #174 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #199 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3) | #119 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (11-4) | #31 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (3-8) | #103 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (14-4) | #3 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-9) | #59 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (9-5) | #11 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-8) | #198 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (5-9) | #40 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-2) | #201 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-9) | #59 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (9-5) | #11 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | ||||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (14-4) | #3 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (4-7) | #48 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (5-5) | #92 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (11-2) | #80 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (6-6) | #252 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (6-5) | #213 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #383 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-9) | #172 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (3-5) | #207 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (8-8) | #124 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs CIN | Chase Petty (1-2) | #391 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-7) | #106 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (5-10) | #151 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-7) | #277 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (4-8) | #79 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-7) | #123 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (7-7) | #7 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (6-4) | #144 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-2) | #278 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (12-6) | #8 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (7-5) | #64 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (9-5) | #81 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (6-6) | #372 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (3-6) | #141 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (11-4) | #5 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (8-2) | #43 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-5) | #282 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (5-6) | #261 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (8-5) | #153 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3) | #119 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (11-4) | #31 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (3-8) | #103 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (9-9) | #4 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (11-6) | #109 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #125 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (5-8) | #118 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs ATH | Gage Jump (4-6) | #87 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-11) | #246 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (8-6) | #160 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (10-6) | #96 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (7-9) | #63 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (3-7) | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4) | #437 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #436 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (4-5) | #435 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (7-9) | #63 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (3-7) | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ SF | Logan Webb (6-7) | #18 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #436 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs COL | Ryan Feltner (4-5) | #435 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs COL | Sean Sullivan (0-3) | #428 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (5-10) | #27 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (3-4) | #300 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ NYM | Kodai Senga (0-8) | #198 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ NYM | Sean Manaea (2-5) | #107 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (5-9) | #40 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (11-4) | #5 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (8-2) | #43 | |||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-2) | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SD | Griffin Canning (2-9) | #155 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SD | JP Sears (3-4) | #164 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SD | Walker Buehler (6-5) | #213 | |||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs STL | Andre Pallante (11-6) | #109 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #125 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (5-8) | #118 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (4-10) | #70 | |||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ BAL | Dean Kremer (1-4) | #116 | |||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (6-7) | #66 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ CIN | Hunter Greene (2-2) | #26 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (3-2) | #114 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-7) | #106 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (7-3) | #90 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (9-4) | #51 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (4-8) | #131 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (3-8) | #94 | |||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs DET | Framber Valdez (6-7) | #32 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs DET | Keider Montero (7-6) | #145 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ PIT | Jared Jones (2-2) | #47 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (9-9) | #4 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (11-4) | #31 | |||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (5-8) | #118 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (4-9) | #95 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ STL | Dustin May (5-7) | #55 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (11-6) | #109 | |||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs NYY | Will Warren (8-5) | #69 | |||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #16 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (4-5) | #25 | |||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (11-2) | #80 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (6-5) | #347 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (5-5) | #92 | |||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (5-10) | #27 | |||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ KC | Luinder Avila (5-4) | #280 | |||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (4-6) | #129 | |||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ KC | Randy Dobnak (1-0) | #434 | |||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ WSH | |||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ WSH | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs STL | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs STL | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs STL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs CWS | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs CWS | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SEA | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SEA | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SEA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ARI | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ARI | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CIN | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CIN | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CIN | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIL | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ MIA | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ MIA | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ MIA | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ MIL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ MIL | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs PIT | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs PIT | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs PIT | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs ATL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATL | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ CIN | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ CIN | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ CIN | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs MIA | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs MIA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ BOS | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ BOS | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ BOS | |||||
