Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 133	# 137
VBR	# 356	# 306

Projections

Strikeouts	29	58
Wins	2	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.48
WHIP	1.26	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	# 89

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 145

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	# 156

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	# 156

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	21

Games Started	8	7

Innings Pitched	68.0	79.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	5

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	45	83

Earned Runs	14	45

Home Runs Allowed	2	12

Strikeouts	65	81

Walks	19	26

ERA	1.85	5.08

WHIP	0.94	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	11

Games Started	4	10

Innings Pitched	28.3	58.3

Wins	2	3

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	55

Earned Runs	12	29

Home Runs Allowed	3	9

Strikeouts	29	58

Walks	9	19

ERA	3.94	4.48

WHIP	1.26	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
News
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Wednesday against the Cubs after allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out four and generated 10 swinging strikes. Manaea allowed consecutive doubles to begin the second inning before five straight batters reached in the fourth, with two Mets infield errors contributing to his early exit. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 25th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Sean Manaea will start one of the two games in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Thursday against the Phillies, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits and one walk over 5.1 innings. He struck out five while throwing 63 of his 95 pitches for strikes and generating 16 whiffs. Philadelphia scored in the first, third, and fourth innings, with the final run coming home after a throwing error by AJ Ewing. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th
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			Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Sean Manaea (2026)

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