Who Should I Trade?

Colton Cowser for Jake Bauers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 112	# 236
VBR	# 254	# 246

Projections

Runs	17	18
Home Runs	6	5
RBI	18	18
Stolen Bases	3	4
Batting Average	.229	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	# 210

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	# 213

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 201	# 207

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 376

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	334	223

Runs	65	29

Hits	90	46

Singles	53	35

Doubles	16	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	19	8

RBI	63	28

Stolen Bases	8	8

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	53	36

Strikeouts	101	78

Batting Average	.270	.206

On Base Pct	.373	.317

Slugging Pct	.500	.327

On-base Plus Slugging	.873	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	117	129

Runs	17	18

Hits	27	29

Singles	16	18

Doubles	5	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	18	18

Stolen Bases	3	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	17	15

Strikeouts	38	45

Batting Average	.229	.227

On Base Pct	.332	.315

Slugging Pct	.426	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL
News
	Jake Bauers is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Colton Cowser kept finding ways on base even if the bat stayed quiet. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 25th
	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Colton Cowser went 0-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in Sunday's win over the Rockies with a double, one walk, one stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rockies with three runs scored, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Jake Bauers went 0-for-2 in Saturday's loss to the Pirates with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL			Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#237
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Colton Cowser for Jake Bauers (2026)

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