Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Matt Shaw (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 207	‐
VBR	# 803	‐

Projections

Runs	6	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	5	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.234	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 145	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 308	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 259	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	130	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	32	‐

Singles	20	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	20	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	12	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Batting Average	.246	‐

On Base Pct	.322	‐

Slugging Pct	.415	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.737	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	42	7

Runs	6	1

Hits	10	2

Singles	7	1

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	5	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	10	2

Batting Average	.234	.214

On Base Pct	.309	.267

Slugging Pct	.382	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.552

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	Matt Shaw is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Matt Shaw recently resumed light hitting while spending time rehabbing in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Matt Shaw is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said on Tuesday that Matt Shaw recently underwent imaging, which showed "significant healing." Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Matt Shaw will not return before the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 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
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#193	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)		@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#212	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#212
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#66	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#66
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Matt Shaw (2026)

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