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	# 306	‐
VBR	# 347	‐

Projections

Runs	9	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	8	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.250	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 200	‐

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	129	‐

Runs	13	‐

Hits	30	‐

Singles	26	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Batting Average	.233	‐

On Base Pct	.322	‐

Slugging Pct	.279	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.601	‐

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


At Bats	75	7

Runs	9	1

Hits	19	2

Singles	14	1

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	8	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	13	2

Batting Average	.250	.231

On Base Pct	.311	.286

Slugging Pct	.339	.308

On-base Plus Slugging	.650	.593

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	The Athletics recalled Darell Hernaiz from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Athletics have recalled infielder Darell Hernaiz from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	The Athletics optioned Darell Hernaiz to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	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 (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#270	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#115	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
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 (7-11)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Darell Hernaiz (2026)

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