Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater 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 Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 168	‐
VBR	# 579	‐

Projections

Runs	14	3
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	15	2
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.249	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 185	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 242	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	# 454

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	223	65

Runs	22	6

Hits	60	15

Singles	40	12

Doubles	12	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	27	3

Stolen Bases	1	4

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	8

Strikeouts	34	21

Batting Average	.269	.231

On Base Pct	.343	.311

Slugging Pct	.426	.277

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	.588

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	112	22

Runs	14	3

Hits	28	5

Singles	17	4

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	15	2

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	2

Strikeouts	24	7

Batting Average	.249	.233

On Base Pct	.316	.298

Slugging Pct	.419	.279

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.577

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
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	The Rays re-signed OF Austin Slater to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	The Rays and outfielder Austin Slater have agreed to a minor league deal. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	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 Slater has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	Austin Slater pinch-hit for Victor Mesa Jr. in the ninth inning and drew a walk before stealing a base in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 18th
	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	Austin Slater went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
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 Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Carlos Cortes (2026)

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