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Ben Cowles for JJ Wetherholt (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL  | Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 73 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 82 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 53 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 12 | 1 |
| RBI | 45 | 2 |
| Stolen Bases | 9 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .242 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 79 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 69 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 49 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 73 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 80 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 77 | ‐ |
| JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL | Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 220 | ‐ |
| Runs | 39 | ‐ |
| Hits | 54 | ‐ |
| Singles | 38 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 7 | ‐ |
| Triples | 0 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 9 | ‐ |
| RBI | 25 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 7 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | ‐ |
| Walks | 29 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 45 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .246 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .356 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .400 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .756 | ‐ |
| JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL | Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 354 | 17 |
| Runs | 53 | 2 |
| Hits | 91 | 4 |
| Singles | 61 | 3 |
| Doubles | 17 | 1 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 12 | 1 |
| RBI | 45 | 2 |
| Stolen Bases | 9 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 0 |
| Walks | 41 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 73 | 6 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .242 |
| On Base Pct | .347 | .342 |
| Slugging Pct | .408 | .394 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .755 | .736 |
| JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL | Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC | |
| News | ||
| JJ Wetherholt went 2-for-3 in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Cubs with two runs scored, a walk, a stolen base and a strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st | The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th | |
| JJ Wetherholt went 3-for-4 with three singles in the loss to the Cubs, with one run scored. Chase Davis Sun, May 31st | The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st | |
| JJ Wetherholt went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Pirates with one stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, May 21st | The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th | |
| JJ Wetherholt went 2-for-4 in a win over the Pirates with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, one walk and one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, May 20th | The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th | |
| JJ Wetherholt is not in the Cardinals lineup on Saturday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th | 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 | ||
| JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL | Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #86 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #161 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #94 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #169 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #128 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #43 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #27 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #148 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #28 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #105 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #200 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (5-4) | #171 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #23 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #86 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #161 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #92 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #31 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #38 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #133 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #26 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #105 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #41 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #102 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #199 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #128 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #223 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #27 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #130 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #197 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #70 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #41 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #353 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #138 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-2) | #49 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #118 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #89 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #117 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #163 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #196 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #38 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #297 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-2) | #49 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #69 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #118 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #95 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #117 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #96 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs MIL | Chad Patrick (3-2) | #120 | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #412 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #97 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #166 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #149 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #226 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-4) | #144 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #106 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #196 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #72 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (4-4) | #7 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #108 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #131 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #125 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #238 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #213 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #82 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #100 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #78 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #165 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #375 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #166 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #88 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #17 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #64 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #119 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #412 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #179 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #199 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #17 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #64 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #38 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (3-2) | #120 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #162 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #158 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | #207 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #113 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #145 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #51 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #108 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #147 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #149 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #81 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (2-1) | #73 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-6) | #61 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CIN | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #153 | ||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #128 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #430 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #27 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #428 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ NYM | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ MIN | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ MIN | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ MIN | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs SD | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs SD | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs SD | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ KC | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs TOR | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ KC | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ARI | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ARI | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ARI | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs ARI | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs MIA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs MIA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs MIA | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SD | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ ATL | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ ATL | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CHC | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ CHC | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ CHC | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs MIL | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs MIL | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs MIL | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs ATL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs ATL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs ATL | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ ARI | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ ARI | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ ARI | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ LAA | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ LAA | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ LAA | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CIN | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CIN | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CIN | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CHC | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs CHC | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs CHC | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs CHC | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ TOR | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ TOR | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ TOR | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ NYY | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ NYY | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ NYY | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs COL | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs COL | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs COL | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CHC | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CHC | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CHC | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ CIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ CIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ CIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ PHI | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ PHI | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ PHI | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs BAL | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs BAL | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs PIT | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs PIT | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs PIT | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ LAD | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ LAD | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ LAD | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ COL | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ COL | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ COL | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ SF | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ SF | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ SF | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CWS | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CWS | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CWS | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SF | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs SF | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs SF | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs WSH | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs WSH | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs WSH | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ PIT | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ PIT | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ PIT | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ MIL | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ MIL | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ MIL | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #38 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (4-4) | #7 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ KC | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ ATL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs MIL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs PHI | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ CIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs BAL | |||||
