Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Carson Benge (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 96	# 166
VBR	# 169	# 535

Projections

Runs	26	16
Home Runs	6	5
RBI	22	16
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.254	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 72	# 184

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 111	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 75	# 114

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 105	# 135

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 142	# 237

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 126	# 188

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	364	213

Runs	52	22

Hits	95	60

Singles	70	40

Doubles	12	12

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	11	7

RBI	38	25

Stolen Bases	16	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	30	22

Strikeouts	86	32

Batting Average	.261	.282

On Base Pct	.323	.358

Slugging Pct	.396	.446

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.804

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	184	125

Runs	26	16

Hits	47	31

Singles	31	20

Doubles	9	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	22	16

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	12

Strikeouts	44	27

Batting Average	.254	.252

On Base Pct	.323	.318

Slugging Pct	.404	.424

On-base Plus Slugging	.727	.742

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
News
	Carson Benge went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Phillies with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Carson Benge went 0-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
	Carson Benge went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Carson Benge went 2-for-3 in Tuesday’s 16-12 loss to the Royals with two walks, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th
	Carson Benge went 2-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a home run, a double, one walk, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM			Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD			@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Carson Benge (2026)

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