Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Yilber Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 134	‐
VBR	# 337	# 1048

Projections

Strikeouts	36	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	4.50
WHIP	1.27	1.51

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	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	1

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	0.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	45	7

Earned Runs	14	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	65	0

Walks	19	1

ERA	1.85	94.50

WHIP	0.94	12.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	34.3	5.4

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	5

Earned Runs	15	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	36	5

Walks	11	3

ERA	3.92	4.50

WHIP	1.27	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
News
	Ben Brown has begun plyo ball work and will begin a throwing program after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Tigers optioned Yilber Diaz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ben Brown was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Tigers have claimed pitcher Yilber Diaz off waivers from the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Ben Brown was sent back to Chicago to see specialists about his neck issue. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Diamondbacks designated RHP Yilber Díaz for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Cubs placed Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Yilber Diaz is being called up to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
	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	Diaz transitioned to a relief role at Triple-A Reno last season and issued 73 walks across 57 innings in the minors. He allowed four runs on three hits and two walks over 1.2 innings this spring. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
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			Yilber Diaz RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#231	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#332
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#290	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#390	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#435	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#259
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Yilber Diaz (2026)

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