Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Vimael Machin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Vimael Machin 3B - COL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.300	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Vimael Machin 3B - COL
2026 Stats


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Singles	‐	‐

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Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Vimael Machin 3B - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	5	‐

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	.300	‐

On Base Pct	.364	‐

Slugging Pct	.400	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Vimael Machin 3B - COL
News
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	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
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC			Vimael Machin 3B - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#374
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#233	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#196
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#141	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#428	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#411
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#392
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#400
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#37	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ WSH	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sat, Apr 4th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#336
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Vimael Machin (2026)

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