Who Should I Trade?

Colton Cowser for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 236	# 309
VBR	# 278	# 852

Projections

Runs	19	15
Home Runs	6	3
RBI	18	13
Stolen Bases	4	4
Batting Average	.225	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 210	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 213	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 207	# 395

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 376	# 217

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	220	164

Runs	28	24

Hits	45	39

Singles	34	24

Doubles	3	7

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	8	5

RBI	27	25

Stolen Bases	8	3

Caught Stealing	2	3

Walks	34	12

Strikeouts	77	37

Batting Average	.205	.238

On Base Pct	.311	.294

Slugging Pct	.327	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.639	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	135	116

Runs	19	15

Hits	30	25

Singles	19	15

Doubles	6	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	18	13

Stolen Bases	4	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	12

Strikeouts	47	37

Batting Average	.225	.212

On Base Pct	.312	.289

Slugging Pct	.393	.354

On-base Plus Slugging	.705	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
News
	Colton Cowser kept finding ways on base even if the bat stayed quiet. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 25th	Ryan Kreidler helped fuel Minnesota's offense in Sunday's win, flashing gap power and aggressive baserunning. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th
	Colton Cowser went 0-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 2-0 win over the Athletics on Saturday with a double and one stolen base. Matthew Adam 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	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 3-2 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Ryan Kreidler went 3-for-4 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and a walk. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-2 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers on Thursday with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL			Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#236	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#246
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#211
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Colton Cowser for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

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