Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Jett Williams (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Jett Williams 2B,SS,OF - MIL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	1	0
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.250	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Jett Williams 2B,SS,OF - MIL
2026 Stats


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RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

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Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

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On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Jett Williams 2B,SS,OF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	6	1

Runs	1	0

Hits	2	0

Singles	1	0

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	2	0

Batting Average	.250	.223

On Base Pct	.308	.305

Slugging Pct	.333	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.641	.674

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Jett Williams 2B,SS,OF - MIL
News
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	Jett Williams, who was acquired by the Brewers from the Mets in the Freddy Peralta trade this offseason, will open the year in the Triple-A Nashville as he was reassigned to minor league camp. David Leisering Mon, Mar 16th
	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st	Jett Williams will return to spring training action on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 11th
	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th	Jett Williams has been sidelined in Brewers camp due to left quad soreness. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th	Jett Williams will reportedly focus on shortstop heading into spring training. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 27th
	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	The Mets are trading Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat to the Brewers in exchange for Freddy Peralta and Tobias Myers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC			Jett Williams 2B,SS,OF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Jett Williams (2026)

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