Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Manny Machado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	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	# 47	‐
VBR	# 39	‐

Projections

Runs	23	1
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	26	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.256	.200

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 45	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 32	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	429	‐

Runs	60	‐

Hits	92	‐

Singles	49	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	23	‐

RBI	70	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	55	‐

Strikeouts	110	‐

Batting Average	.215	‐

On Base Pct	.299	‐

Slugging Pct	.422	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	10

Runs	23	1

Hits	42	2

Singles	26	2

Doubles	8	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	26	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	1

Strikeouts	37	3

Batting Average	.256	.200

On Base Pct	.328	.238

Slugging Pct	.458	.250

On-base Plus Slugging	.786	.488

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	Manny Machado went 3-for-5 with four RBI in the Padres 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with two home runs in the Padres 8-3 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Braves on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 in the Padres 5-4 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#313
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#232	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#366
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#220
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#430
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#216	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#141	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#434	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#172	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#232
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

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Ben Cowles for Manny Machado (2026)

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