Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Ryan Pepiot (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 133	‐
VBR	# 356	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.94	‐
WHIP	1.26	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 91

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
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	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	28.3	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	25	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.94	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
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 Rays said Ryan Pepiot's right hip surgery Wednesday went well and he is expected to make a full recovery for spring training next year. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Ryan Pepiot (hip) will miss the remainder of the 2026 season to undergo right hip surgery. The surgery is scheduled for May 13. David Leisering Fri, May 1st
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Ryan Pepiot had a bad day on Monday as his right hip felt “unstable” while playing catch. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Rays transferred RHP Ryan Pepiot to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	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	Pepiot has not pitched in a game setting since March 17 and was placed on the IL prior to Opening Day with right hip inflammation. He may need more than one rehab start before Tampa Bay brings him back. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 13th
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 Pepiot SP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#296
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Ryan Pepiot (2026)

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