Who Should I Trade?

Cam Smith for Carlos Cortes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Cam Smith RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	# 158
VBR	# 810	# 240

Projections

Runs	13	21
Home Runs	4	5
RBI	14	19
Stolen Bases	0	3
Batting Average	.247	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 187	# 193

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	# 161

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	# 136

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	# 237

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 154

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	# 169

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Cam Smith RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	226	353

Runs	23	42

Hits	60	72

Singles	40	44

Doubles	12	14

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	13

RBI	28	38

Stolen Bases	1	10

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	23	33

Strikeouts	37	97

Batting Average	.266	.204

On Base Pct	.340	.280

Slugging Pct	.420	.360

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.640

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Cam Smith RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	104	158

Runs	13	21

Hits	26	37

Singles	16	24

Doubles	6	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	14	19

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	9	15

Strikeouts	23	45

Batting Average	.247	.235

On Base Pct	.313	.309

Slugging Pct	.412	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Cam Smith RF - HOU
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	Cam Smith went 1-for-4 in a 9-5 win over the White Sox with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Cam Smith went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 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	Cam Smith went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	Cam Smith is in the Astros lineup on Monday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Cam Smith went 1-for-3 in a win over the Tigers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
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			Cam Smith RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Cam Smith for Carlos Cortes (2026)

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