Who Should I Trade?

Colton Cowser for Hector Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL	Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 236	‐
VBR	# 301	# 1304

Projections

Runs	17	2
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	17	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.227	.171

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 217	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 213	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 194	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 376	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL	Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	228	2

Runs	30	1

Hits	47	0

Singles	36	0

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	28	0

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	36	1

Strikeouts	80	0

Batting Average	.206	.000

On Base Pct	.315	.333

Slugging Pct	.325	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.639	.333

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL	Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	121	16

Runs	17	2

Hits	28	3

Singles	17	2

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	17	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	1

Strikeouts	42	3

Batting Average	.227	.171

On Base Pct	.317	.214

Slugging Pct	.401	.266

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	.480

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL	Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
News
	Colton Cowser kept finding ways on base even if the bat stayed quiet. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 25th	The Reds recalled Hector Rodriguez from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Colton Cowser went 0-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	Reds president of baseball operation Nick Krall told reporters Héctor Rodríguez will be called up for Tuesday’s series opener against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Colton Cowser went 0-for-2 in loss to the White Sox with two walks, two strikeouts and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th	Rodriguez hit 2-for-13 with one stolen base across nine Cactus League games this spring. Cincinnati optioned him to minor-league camp on Friday. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	Colton Cowser went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Nationals with one run scored and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
	Cowser went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 12-1 win over the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored and four RBI. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL			Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Colton Cowser for Hector Rodriguez (2026)

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