Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Riley Gowens (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 130	‐
VBR	# 459	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.98	‐
WHIP	1.25	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 103	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
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	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	13.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	3.98	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
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
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	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
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			Riley Gowens SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#234
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Riley Gowens (2026)

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