Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Lee for Dansby Swanson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dansby Swanson SS - CHC	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	# 135
VBR	# 1141	# 186

Projections

Runs	4	12
Home Runs	1	3
RBI	4	13
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.223	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	# 179

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 101	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 93	# 96

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 130	# 156

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 91	# 105

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 204	# 155

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dansby Swanson SS - CHC	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	403	470

Runs	78	58

Hits	86	116

Singles	49	72

Doubles	16	21

Triples	3	3

Home Runs	18	20

RBI	66	69

Stolen Bases	17	7

Caught Stealing	1	4

Walks	48	33

Strikeouts	106	82

Batting Average	.213	.247

On Base Pct	.298	.300

Slugging Pct	.402	.432

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	.732

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dansby Swanson SS - CHC	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	32	101

Runs	4	12

Hits	7	25

Singles	5	17

Doubles	1	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	4	13

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	3	7

Strikeouts	9	19

Batting Average	.223	.250

On Base Pct	.297	.304

Slugging Pct	.371	.407

On-base Plus Slugging	.668	.712

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dansby Swanson SS - CHC	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
News
	Dansby Swanson will remain in Chicago for rehab during Cubs' upcoming road trip. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Brooks Lee went 1-for-3 in an 8-1 loss to the Padres on Sunday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 24th
	The Cubs placed Dansby Swanson on the injured list with a left oblique strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Brooks Lee went 3-for-4 in a 7-5 loss to the Padres on Saturday with a home run, a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Dansby Swanson is slated to be placed on the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Brooks Lee went 1-for-4 in a 7-5 loss to the Phillies on Sunday with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 17th
	Dansby Swanson left Sunday’s game due to left side discomfort. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Brooks Lee went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 4-3 loss to Milwaukee with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 10th
	Dansby Swanson went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base in Friday's 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th	Brooks Lee went 1-for-4 in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Friday with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dansby Swanson SS - CHC			Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Lee for Dansby Swanson (2026)

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