Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Darell Hernaiz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 364	‐
VBR	# 1300	‐

Projections

Runs	1	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.210	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 466	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	118	‐

Runs	12	‐

Hits	28	‐

Singles	24	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	13	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.318	‐

Slugging Pct	.288	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.606	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	8	9

Runs	1	1

Hits	2	2

Singles	1	2

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	1	3

Batting Average	.210	.235

On Base Pct	.299	.278

Slugging Pct	.255	.294

On-base Plus Slugging	.554	.572

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	The Athletics have recalled infielder Darell Hernaiz from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Athletics optioned Darell Hernaiz to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#292	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#158	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#262
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#279	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#168	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#268	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#40
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#276
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#295
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#68	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#115	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#41	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#98	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#94	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#118	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#402	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#272	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#203
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#86	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#98	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#94	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#152	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#209
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#236
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#218
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#182	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#288
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#116
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#399
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#180
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#188	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#193
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#127	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#165
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#87	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#265
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#118
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#183	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#402
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#259	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#209	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#254
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#361	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#46	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#134
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#86	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#105
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#79	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#125
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#70	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#127
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#59	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#207	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#239	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#299
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#134	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#117	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#74
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#135	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#437
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#74
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#326	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#437
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#259	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#113	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#74	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#259	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#413	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#292	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#184
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#102	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#296
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#129	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#243	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#127
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#37	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#64	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#151	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#272	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#54	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#235	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#53	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#175	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#331	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#116	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#106	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#205	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#76	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#87
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#112	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#127
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#111	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#42	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#139	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#102
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#180	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#193	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#292
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#435
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#83	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#149
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#197
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#94	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#87
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#73	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#160
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#86
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#118
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#143	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#320
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#81	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#168	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#29
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#101	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#116
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#59
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#77
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#52
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#262
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#41
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#435
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Darell Hernaiz (2026)

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