Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Sean Sullivan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 133	‐
VBR	# 353	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	3.60
WHIP	1.26	1.60

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Sean Sullivan SP - PIT
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	Sean Sullivan SP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	11

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	28.0	1.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	2

Earned Runs	12	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	29	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	3.92	3.60

WHIP	1.26	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Sean Sullivan SP - PIT
News
	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
	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
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			Sean Sullivan SP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Sean Sullivan (2026)

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