Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Carlos Cortes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 169	# 264
VBR	# 786	# 1081

Projections

Runs	12	10
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	13	10
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.248	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 187	# 262

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	# 250

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 244	# 276

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	229	43

Runs	23	3

Hits	60	10

Singles	40	8

Doubles	12	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	28	7

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	24	1

Strikeouts	38	13

Batting Average	.262	.233

On Base Pct	.339	.250

Slugging Pct	.415	.326

On-base Plus Slugging	.753	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	77

Runs	12	10

Hits	24	19

Singles	15	12

Doubles	5	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	13	10

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	6

Strikeouts	22	21

Batting Average	.248	.249

On Base Pct	.314	.306

Slugging Pct	.417	.408

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
News
	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a home run, one double, one walk, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in a win over the Padres with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in Friday’s 8-1 win over the Rangers with two home runs, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Apr 25th	The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH			Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#146	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Carlos Cortes (2026)

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