Who Should I Trade?

Alex Bregman for Ben Cowles (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Bregman 3B,DH - CHC	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 85	‐
VBR	# 119	‐

Projections

Runs	20	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	19	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.251	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 97	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 100	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 73	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 78	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Bregman 3B,DH - CHC	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	475	‐

Runs	69	‐

Hits	119	‐

Singles	79	‐

Doubles	23	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	16	‐

RBI	61	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	61	‐

Strikeouts	87	‐

Batting Average	.251	‐

On Base Pct	.342	‐

Slugging Pct	.404	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Bregman 3B,DH - CHC	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	143	9

Runs	20	1

Hits	36	2

Singles	24	2

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	19	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	17	1

Strikeouts	24	3

Batting Average	.251	.235

On Base Pct	.341	.278

Slugging Pct	.410	.294

On-base Plus Slugging	.751	.572

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Bregman 3B,DH - CHC	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	Alex Bregman went 3-for-3 with three home runs, two walks, three runs scored and seven RBI in Wednesday's 12-6 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 13th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Alex Bregman went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, three runs scored and one RBI in Tuesday's 8-6 victory over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 12th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Alex Bregman went 3-for-6 with a run scored and two RBI in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	Alex Bregman went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 6th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Alex Bregman went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Ben Cowles has been claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs. Cowles was designated for assignment by the White Sox last week. David Leisering Thu, Jan 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Bregman 3B,DH - CHC			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#89	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#305	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#305
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#233	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#233
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#287	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#259	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#259
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#394	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#394
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#117	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#49	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#193	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#193
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#308	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#308
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#97	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#52	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#435	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#435
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#203	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#203
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#155	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#155
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#339	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#339
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ BOS

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Alex Bregman for Ben Cowles (2026)

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