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	# 162	‐

Projections

Runs	16	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	19	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.235	.188

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	449	‐

Runs	66	‐

Hits	102	‐

Singles	60	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	25	‐

RBI	72	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	41	‐

Strikeouts	153	‐

Batting Average	.227	‐

On Base Pct	.299	‐

Slugging Pct	.432	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	‐

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


At Bats	119	8

Runs	16	1

Hits	28	2

Singles	16	1

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	19	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	32	3

Batting Average	.235	.188

On Base Pct	.317	.235

Slugging Pct	.435	.250

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	.485

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	Kazuma Okamoto is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Kazuma Okamoto (knee) was a late scratch from Tuesday's starting lineup. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 11th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Kazuma Okamoto is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Tuesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	Kazuma Okamoto has been scratched from Monday's lineup with a left knee contusion. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Kazuma Okamoto was scratched from the Blue Jays lineup on Monday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	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
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#327	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#286
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#234
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#242	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#358	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#217	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#160	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs CIN
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 (4-2)	#33
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#223
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Kazuma Okamoto (2026)

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