Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Will Wagner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1313

Projections

Runs	1	0
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.188	.202

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	35

Runs	‐	5

Hits	‐	9

Singles	‐	8

Doubles	‐	1

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	0

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	10

Strikeouts	‐	7

Batting Average	‐	.257

On Base Pct	‐	.422

Slugging Pct	‐	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	8	4

Runs	1	0

Hits	2	1

Singles	1	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	3	1

Batting Average	.188	.202

On Base Pct	.235	.246

Slugging Pct	.250	.254

On-base Plus Slugging	.485	.501

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
News
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Padres have optioned infielder Will Wagner to Triple-A El Paso. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st	The Padres recalled Will Wagner from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th	The Padres activated INF Will Wagner from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th	The Padres placed INF Will Wagner 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	Padres infielder Will Wagner (oblique) has not done any baseball activity since the beginning of March and will almost certainly begin the season on the injured list. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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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			Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#286	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#232
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#234	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs ATH	Luis Medina (4-3)	#171
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#390
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#359
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#172
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#331
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#205
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#190	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#129
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#284	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#232
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for Will Wagner (2026)

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