Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Johnson for Carlos Cortes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 168	‐
VBR	# 579	# 1389

Projections

Runs	14	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	15	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.249	.169

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 239	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	# 421

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Bryce Johnson LF,CF,RF,DH - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	222	45

Runs	22	5

Hits	60	8

Singles	40	6

Doubles	12	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	25	2

Stolen Bases	1	5

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	22	3

Strikeouts	34	18

Batting Average	.270	.178

On Base Pct	.345	.229

Slugging Pct	.428	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.451

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Bryce Johnson LF,CF,RF,DH - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	112	7

Runs	14	1

Hits	28	1

Singles	17	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	15	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	24	2

Batting Average	.249	.169

On Base Pct	.316	.228

Slugging Pct	.419	.259

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.486

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Bryce Johnson LF,CF,RF,DH - SD
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 Padres sent Bryce Johnson outright to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Bryce Johnson was designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th
	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
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH			Bryce Johnson LF,CF,RF,DH - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Johnson for Carlos Cortes (2026)

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