Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Ryan Gusto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 133	# 274
VBR	# 333	# 679

Projections

Strikeouts	26	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.77
WHIP	1.27	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 89	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 110	# 310

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 226

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	8	8

Innings Pitched	68.0	39.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	45	43

Earned Runs	14	23

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	65	34

Walks	19	13

ERA	1.85	5.31

WHIP	0.94	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	4	3

Innings Pitched	25.4	24.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	25

Earned Runs	11	13

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	26	21

Walks	9	9

ERA	3.94	4.77

WHIP	1.27	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA
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	Ryan Gusto allowed six runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three across five innings in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Marlins right-hander Ryan Gusto will start Wednesday's series finale against the Phillies. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Ryan Gusto allowed one run on two hits and a walk while striking out four across 3.1 innings in Friday's 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Ryan Gusto will start in Friday's series opener against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Marlins recalled RHP Ryan Gusto from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
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			Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#362
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Ryan Gusto (2026)

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