Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Maximo Acosta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1375

Projections

Runs	1	0
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.188	.108

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
2026 Stats


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Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

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On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	8	3

Runs	1	0

Hits	2	0

Singles	1	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	1

Batting Average	.188	.108

On Base Pct	.235	.161

Slugging Pct	.250	.146

On-base Plus Slugging	.485	.307

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
News
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Marlins activated SS Maximo Acosta from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st	The Marlins have placed infielder Maximo Acosta on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th	Marlins infielder Maximo Acosta has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left oblique strain and will miss three to four weeks. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th	Marlins infielder Maximo Acosta was scratched from Wednesday's lineup due to left oblique discomfort. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC			Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#378
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#287	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#312
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#235	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#243
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#334	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#320
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#205
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#214	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-1)	#303
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#190	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#190
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#190
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#167
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Maximo Acosta (2026)

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