Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Kazuma Okamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	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	# 100	‐
VBR	# 98	‐

Projections

Runs	15	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	17	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.238	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 86	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 123	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 105	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	469	‐

Runs	68	‐

Hits	108	‐

Singles	62	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	26	‐

RBI	74	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	43	‐

Strikeouts	157	‐

Batting Average	.230	‐

On Base Pct	.302	‐

Slugging Pct	.439	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	109	7

Runs	15	1

Hits	26	2

Singles	15	1

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	17	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	29	2

Batting Average	.238	.214

On Base Pct	.319	.267

Slugging Pct	.444	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.552

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	Kazuma Okamoto went 2-for-5 in win over the Rays with a solo home run and one double. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Kazuma Okamoto is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	Kazuma Okamoto (knee) was a late scratch from Tuesday's starting lineup. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 11th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Kazuma Okamoto is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Tuesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	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
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#270	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#142	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#128	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#235	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#380	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#190	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#135	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#212
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#66
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#66	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#221
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Kazuma Okamoto (2026)

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