Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Max Anderson (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Max Anderson 2B,3B - DET
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1371

Projections

Runs	1	0
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.235	.102

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Max Anderson 2B,3B - DET
2026 Stats


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RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

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Batting Average	‐	‐

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On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Max Anderson 2B,3B - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	9	2

Runs	1	0

Hits	2	0

Singles	2	0

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	3	0

Batting Average	.235	.102

On Base Pct	.278	.130

Slugging Pct	.294	.156

On-base Plus Slugging	.572	.287

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Max Anderson 2B,3B - DET
News
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Tigers have reassigned infielder Max Anderson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	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
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC			Max Anderson 2B,3B - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#80
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#105
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#89	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#305	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#129
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#198
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#233	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#259
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#287	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#151
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#259	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#44
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#178
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#144
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#394	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#189
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#117	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#412
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#49	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#193	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#308	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#265
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#284
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#97	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#156
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#242
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#52	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#435	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#203	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#155	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#339	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#157
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#435
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Max Anderson (2026)

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