Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Nick Madrigal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1313	‐

Projections

Runs	1	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	0	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.210	.188

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 215	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	44	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.273	‐

On Base Pct	.385	‐

Slugging Pct	.296	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	5	8

Runs	1	1

Hits	1	2

Singles	1	1

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	0	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	1

Strikeouts	1	3

Batting Average	.210	.188

On Base Pct	.251	.235

Slugging Pct	.234	.250

On-base Plus Slugging	.486	.485

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	The Rays signed Nick Madrigal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Nick Madrigal has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	The Angels designated INF Nick Madrigal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	Nick Madrigal went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rays with a walk, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Nick Madrigal went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles on Friday during the Angels' 8-5 loss to the Rays. David Leisering Sat, May 30th	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
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#134
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#252	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#209	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#287
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#246	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#405	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#373	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#252	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#217
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#207
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#291
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#261
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#32	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#421
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#237
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#113
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#86
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#194	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#184	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#439
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#439
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#109
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#207	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#325
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (4-2)	#205	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#221	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#105	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#203	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#260	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#421	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#157	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#313	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#408	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#147
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#127	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#191
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#294
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#241	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#98
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#245
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#100
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#100
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

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Ben Cowles for Nick Madrigal (2026)

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