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	# 52	‐
VBR	# 47	‐

Projections

Runs	16	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	18	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.253	.231

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	# 45	‐

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	479	‐

Runs	65	‐

Hits	104	‐

Singles	60	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	24	‐

RBI	72	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	63	‐

Strikeouts	119	‐

Batting Average	.217	‐

On Base Pct	.306	‐

Slugging Pct	.409	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	‐

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


At Bats	112	7

Runs	16	1

Hits	28	2

Singles	18	1

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	18	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	25	2

Batting Average	.253	.231

On Base Pct	.326	.286

Slugging Pct	.439	.308

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.593

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-2 win over the Mets on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	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 claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	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 Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	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 Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	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	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
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#168	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
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 (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Manny Machado (2026)

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