Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Cooper Kinney (2026)

Summary
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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Cooper Kinney 2B,3B - TB
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
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Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Cooper Kinney 2B,3B - TB
2026 Stats


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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Cooper Kinney 2B,3B - TB
2026 Projections


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Singles	‐	‐

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Caught Stealing	‐	‐

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Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Cooper Kinney 2B,3B - TB
News
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Rays have reassigned infielder Cooper Kinney to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	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
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC			Cooper Kinney 2B,3B - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#231	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#283
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#386
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#72	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#389
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#401	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#426	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#392
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#418	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#72	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#315	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#245
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#240
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#428	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#425
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#177	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#43	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#279
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Sun, Jun 21st				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Cooper Kinney (2026)

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