Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 133	# 251
VBR	# 363	# 553

Projections

Strikeouts	29	23
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.95	4.49
WHIP	1.28	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	# 248

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	45

Games Started	8	4

Innings Pitched	68.0	44.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	4

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	2	8

Hits Allowed	45	45

Earned Runs	14	14

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	65	39

Walks	19	12

ERA	1.85	2.86

WHIP	0.94	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	23

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	27.5	27.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	25	28

Earned Runs	12	14

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	29	23

Walks	9	8

ERA	3.95	4.49

WHIP	1.28	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Tyler Alexander earned the save Sunday against the Blue Jays, striking out one in a perfect ninth inning to close out Texas’ 3-2 win. It marked his second save in as many days after he had gone nearly three months without a save opportunity. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Tyler Alexander worked a perfect ninth inning Saturday to record his third save of the season in Texas’ 7-4 win over Toronto. He did not record a strikeout while filling in after Jacob Latz and Jakob Junis had each pitched on the previous two days. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Rangers entered the season with an unsettled closer situation, and Alexander has been the third option in high-leverage usage behind Robert Garcia and Chris Martin. With both Garcia and Martin having pitched two days in a row entering Monday, Alexander was called on to close out the ninth inning against Baltimore. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 31st
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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