Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Shane Drohan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 132	# 205
VBR	# 331	# 332

Projections

Strikeouts	36	50
Wins	2	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.88	4.23
WHIP	1.26	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 112

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 109

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


Games Played	20	19

Games Started	8	9

Innings Pitched	68.0	70.0

Wins	4	4

Losses	2	3

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	45	64

Earned Runs	14	24

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	65	67

Walks	19	20

ERA	1.85	3.09

WHIP	0.94	1.20

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


Games Played	11	15

Games Started	5	9

Innings Pitched	35.2	52.2

Wins	2	3

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	49

Earned Runs	15	25

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	36	50

Walks	12	20

ERA	3.88	4.23

WHIP	1.26	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL
News
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Shane Drohan will start on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Shane Drohan allowed three earned runs on five hits while striking out six through 6 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Shane Drohan allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out two over six innings in Monday’s 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Shane Drohan allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Shane Drohan allowed five hits and three walks while striking out five over 4 1/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
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			Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#162
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#310	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#148
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert		@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#168	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#159	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#159	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#170	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#175
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL			@ SF
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ SF
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Shane Drohan (2026)

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