Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Luke Williams (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.231	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Luke Williams 2B,SS - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	0

Runs	‐	0

Hits	‐	0

Singles	‐	0

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	0

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	0

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	1.000

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Luke Williams 2B,SS - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	7	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.231	‐

On Base Pct	.286	‐

Slugging Pct	.308	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.593	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Luke Williams 2B,SS - ATL
News
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Braves re-signed INF/OF Luke Williams to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st	Luke Williams elected free agency. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th	Luke Williams had his contract selected by the Atlanta Braves on Saturday. The utilityman will be on the active roster while Michael Harris II is on the paternity list. Lefthander Danny Young was placed on the 60-day IL to make room for Williams on the 40-man roster. David Leisering Sat, Apr 11th
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th	Utility infielder Luke Williams has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Atlanta Braves. David Leisering Fri, Mar 20th
	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	The Braves signed Luke Williams to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, Jan 24th
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			Luke Williams 2B,SS - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#262
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Luke Williams (2026)

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