Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Jorge Polanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	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	# 228	‐
VBR	# 391	‐

Projections

Runs	13	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	14	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.241	.211

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 220	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 210	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 296	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	121	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	17	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Batting Average	.141	‐

On Base Pct	.200	‐

Slugging Pct	.231	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.431	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	10

Runs	13	1

Hits	23	2

Singles	14	2

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	14	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	23	3

Batting Average	.241	.211

On Base Pct	.318	.250

Slugging Pct	.427	.263

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.513

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	Jorge Polanco went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Mets activated Jorge Polanco from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Jorge Polanco said his rehab game on Saturday went well. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	Jorge Polanco will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Jorge Polanco has continued baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#267	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#252	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Jorge Polanco (2026)

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