Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Ernie Clement (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 164	‐
VBR	# 196	‐

Projections

Runs	10	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	10	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.272	.300

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 140	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 108	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	509	‐

Runs	54	‐

Hits	141	‐

Singles	102	‐

Doubles	29	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	9	‐

RBI	43	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	18	‐

Strikeouts	53	‐

Batting Average	.277	‐

On Base Pct	.302	‐

Slugging Pct	.391	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.693	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	88	5

Runs	10	1

Hits	24	2

Singles	17	1

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	10	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	10	2

Batting Average	.272	.300

On Base Pct	.306	.364

Slugging Pct	.387	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.693	.764

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	Ernie Clement is not in the Blue Jays lineup on Wednesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 in a 6-0 win over the Red Sox with one double, one stolen base, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Padres with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in a 9-3 win over the Giants on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#383	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Ernie Clement (2026)

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