Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 142	# 123
VBR	# 590	# 289

Projections

Strikeouts	8	30
Wins	0	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.50	4.28
WHIP	1.23	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	# 89

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 104

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	# 134

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 96	# 139

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	26

Games Started	8	26

Innings Pitched	68.0	151.1

Wins	4	4

Losses	2	14

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	45	151

Earned Runs	14	67

Home Runs Allowed	2	11

Strikeouts	65	135

Walks	19	52

ERA	1.85	3.98

WHIP	0.94	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	6

Games Started	0	6

Innings Pitched	7.2	32.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	30

Earned Runs	3	15

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	8	30

Walks	2	12

ERA	3.50	4.28

WHIP	1.23	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Shane Baz SP - BAL
News
	Ben Brown “is experiencing symptoms again after his outing yesterday.” Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 24th
	Ben Brown is close to being cleared for a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 19th
	Ben Brown is scheduled to face live hitters on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th
	Ben Brown has resumed throwing daily. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over eight innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th
	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	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 6.1 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 2nd
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			Shane Baz SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#269
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Apr 4th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Shane Baz (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation