Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Ezequiel Duran (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	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	# 172	‐
VBR	# 193	‐

Projections

Runs	19	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	18	1
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.257	.182

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 163	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 128	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 166	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	366	‐

Runs	51	‐

Hits	102	‐

Singles	64	‐

Doubles	22	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	13	‐

RBI	64	‐

Stolen Bases	9	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	28	‐

Strikeouts	93	‐

Batting Average	.279	‐

On Base Pct	.331	‐

Slugging Pct	.462	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.793	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	149	11

Runs	19	1

Hits	38	2

Singles	25	2

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	18	1

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	38	3

Batting Average	.257	.182

On Base Pct	.307	.217

Slugging Pct	.411	.227

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	.445

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	Ezequiel Duran went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with two doubles, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Ezequiel Duran went 4-for-4 in loss to the Giants with a home run, a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-2 in a 4-1 win over the Rays with a walk, one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#400	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

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Ben Cowles for Ezequiel Duran (2026)

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