Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Sam Moll (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 133	# 365
VBR	# 350	# 604

Projections

Strikeouts	26	19
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.87	4.23
WHIP	1.27	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 89	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 110	# 344

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 420

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Sam Moll RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	49

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	42.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	7

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	4

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	45	36

Earned Runs	14	21

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	65	46

Walks	19	24

ERA	1.85	4.43

WHIP	0.94	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Sam Moll RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	23

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	24.5	19.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	22	17

Earned Runs	11	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	26	19

Walks	8	9

ERA	3.87	4.23

WHIP	1.27	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Sam Moll RP - CIN
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			Sam Moll RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Sam Moll (2026)

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