Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Nolan Gorman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 322	‐
VBR	# 1243	‐

Projections

Runs	3	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	4	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.193	.200

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 465	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	201	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	39	‐

Singles	28	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	26	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	25	‐

Strikeouts	74	‐

Batting Average	.194	‐

On Base Pct	.280	‐

Slugging Pct	.318	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.598	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	29	10

Runs	3	1

Hits	6	2

Singles	3	2

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	1

Strikeouts	11	3

Batting Average	.193	.200

On Base Pct	.278	.238

Slugging Pct	.350	.250

On-base Plus Slugging	.628	.488

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a home run, a run scored, an RBI and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 3rd	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-3 in a win over the Pirates with a solo home run, one walk, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, May 20th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-4 in a win over the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 2nd	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-4 in win over the Pirates with a home run, a run scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Apr 29th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, three RBI and three strikeouts. Chase Davis Sat, Apr 18th	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
	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#313	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#313
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#220
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#430
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Mon, May 18th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#430	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#336	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#229	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Nolan Gorman (2026)

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