Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Isaac Paredes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 102	‐
VBR	# 91	‐

Projections

Runs	15	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	15	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.250	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 116	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 158	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 114	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	453	‐

Runs	50	‐

Hits	118	‐

Singles	77	‐

Doubles	23	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	17	‐

RBI	71	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	51	‐

Strikeouts	70	‐

Batting Average	.261	‐

On Base Pct	.354	‐

Slugging Pct	.428	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	106	7

Runs	15	1

Hits	26	2

Singles	17	1

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	15	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	1

Strikeouts	19	2

Batting Average	.250	.231

On Base Pct	.349	.286

Slugging Pct	.430	.308

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.593

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	Isaac Paredes went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Athletics with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Isaac Paredes went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Isaac Paredes went 3-for-5 in a win over the Padres with a double and one run scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-3 in Friday's win over the Rangers with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 in a 4-1 win over the White Sox with three 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
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Isaac Paredes (2026)

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