Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Sung-Mun Song (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sung-Mun Song 2B,3B,SS - SD	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	# 346	‐
VBR	# 1124	‐

Projections

Runs	5	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	4	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.235	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 346	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 305	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sung-Mun Song 2B,3B,SS - SD	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	114	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	23	‐

Singles	18	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	15	‐

Stolen Bases	12	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	17	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Batting Average	.202	‐

On Base Pct	.305	‐

Slugging Pct	.263	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.569	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sung-Mun Song 2B,3B,SS - SD	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	41	7

Runs	5	1

Hits	10	2

Singles	7	1

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	9	2

Batting Average	.235	.214

On Base Pct	.297	.267

Slugging Pct	.352	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.650	.552

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sung-Mun Song 2B,3B,SS - SD	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	The Padres recalled Sung-Mun Song from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Song is slashing .293/.369/.320 across 20 games at Triple-A El Paso and returns there after a brief big-league stint. He was called up as the 27th man for the Mexico City Series against the Diamondbacks and made his major-league debut Sunday as a pinch runner without recording a plate appearance. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Sung-Mun Song will serve as the 27th player for this weekend’s Mexico City Series against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	The Padres activated INF Sung-Mun Song from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	The Padres placed INF Sung-Mun Song on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sung-Mun Song 2B,3B,SS - SD			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#227	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#198	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#225	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#385	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#299	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#255	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#186	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#359	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#191	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#135	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#212
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#180	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#245	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#66
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#227
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Sung-Mun Song (2026)

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