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	# 491	‐

Projections

Runs	8	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	7	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.263	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	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	283	‐

Runs	34	‐

Hits	75	‐

Singles	51	‐

Doubles	18	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	32	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	24	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Batting Average	.265	‐

On Base Pct	.320	‐

Slugging Pct	.382	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	‐

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


At Bats	57	7

Runs	8	1

Hits	15	2

Singles	11	1

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	7	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	5	1

Strikeouts	9	2

Batting Average	.263	.214

On Base Pct	.324	.267

Slugging Pct	.387	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.711	.552

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	The Royals placed INF Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Royals’ manager Matt Quatraro told reporters that Maikel Garcia is likely to wind up back on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Maikel Garcia (hamstring) left Thursday's game in the first inning after limping on the base paths. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 20th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	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 Sun, Feb 15th
	Maikel Garcia could be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	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
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#136	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#221	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#317	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#212
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#373	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#169	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#99	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#66
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
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 (12-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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