Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Leo Rivas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Leo Rivas 2B,3B,SS - SEA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1235

Projections

Runs	1	3
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	2
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.231	.200

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Leo Rivas 2B,3B,SS - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	116

Runs	‐	10

Hits	‐	17

Singles	‐	13

Doubles	‐	3

Triples	‐	1

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	9

Stolen Bases	‐	2

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	16

Strikeouts	‐	39

Batting Average	‐	.147

On Base Pct	‐	.270

Slugging Pct	‐	.190

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.460

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Leo Rivas 2B,3B,SS - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	7	23

Runs	1	3

Hits	2	5

Singles	1	3

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	2

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	3

Strikeouts	2	7

Batting Average	.231	.200

On Base Pct	.286	.307

Slugging Pct	.308	.277

On-base Plus Slugging	.593	.585

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Leo Rivas 2B,3B,SS - SEA
News
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Mariners optioned Leo Rivas to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st	The Mariners recalled Leo Rivas from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th	The Mariners placed Leo Rivas on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th	The Mariners optioned Leo Rivas to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	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
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC			Leo Rivas 2B,3B,SS - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Leo Rivas (2026)

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