Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Otto Kemp (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	1	3
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	1	2
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.190	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	25

Runs	‐	0

Hits	‐	2

Singles	‐	2

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	0

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	10

Batting Average	‐	.080

On Base Pct	‐	.148

Slugging Pct	‐	.080

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.228

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
2026 Projections


At Bats	11	16

Runs	1	3

Hits	2	4

Singles	2	3

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	1	2

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	3	5

Batting Average	.190	.250

On Base Pct	.227	.294

Slugging Pct	.238	.406

On-base Plus Slugging	.465	.700

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
News
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Phillies optioned Otto Kemp to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st	The Phillies optioned INF/OF Otto Kemp to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th	Otto Kemp was called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th	The Phillies optioned INF/OF Otto Kemp to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow 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
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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			Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#338	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#189	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#426	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#398
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#195
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#341
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#159	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#161	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sat, Apr 4th				@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#265
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#161
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Otto Kemp (2026)

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