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	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	‐	1
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	1
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	‐	7

Runs	‐	1

Hits	‐	2

Singles	‐	1

Doubles	‐	1

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	1

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	2

Batting Average	‐	.214

On Base Pct	‐	.267

Slugging Pct	‐	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.552

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 (5-11)	#83	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#234	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#324	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#385	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#172	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#366	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#308	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#167	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#235	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#154	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#299	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#373	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#112	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#212
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#66
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#236	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#245	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)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#231
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Nick Madrigal (2026)

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