Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 202	‐

Projections

Runs	12	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	10	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.252	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	50	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	17	‐

Singles	14	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Batting Average	.340	‐

On Base Pct	.382	‐

Slugging Pct	.480	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.862	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	91	7

Runs	12	1

Hits	23	2

Singles	16	1

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	10	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	22	2

Batting Average	.252	.231

On Base Pct	.315	.286

Slugging Pct	.394	.308

On-base Plus Slugging	.709	.593

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	Kaelen Culpepper went 1-for-4 in a 7-5 loss to the Padres on Saturday with a home run, a run scored and an RBI. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Kaelen Culpepper went 1-for-4 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers on Friday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Kaelen Culpepper was called up by the Twins on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 7th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	The Twins activated Kaelen Culpepper from the Triple-A IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Twins infield prospect Kaelen Culpepper was placed on the seven-day minor-league injured list on Tuesday with a left glute injury. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

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