Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Maikel Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	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	# 111	‐
VBR	# 129	‐

Projections

Runs	17	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	14	1
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.271	.188

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 246	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	273	‐

Runs	33	‐

Hits	71	‐

Singles	49	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	31	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	24	‐

Strikeouts	46	‐

Batting Average	.260	‐

On Base Pct	.318	‐

Slugging Pct	.370	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.688	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	120	8

Runs	17	1

Hits	32	2

Singles	22	1

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	14	1

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	20	3

Batting Average	.271	.188

On Base Pct	.333	.235

Slugging Pct	.402	.250

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	.485

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	The Royals activated 3B Maikel Garcia from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Maikel Garcia could be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Maikel Garcia will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said he hopes Maikel Garcia can begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#286
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#234
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#223	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#410	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#408	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#284
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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