Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Colton Cowser (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 168	# 235
VBR	# 529	# 282

Projections

Runs	15	20
Home Runs	4	6
RBI	16	20
Stolen Bases	0	4
Batting Average	.249	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	# 211

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	# 213

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	# 376

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 239	# 200

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	222	214

Runs	22	28

Hits	60	44

Singles	40	33

Doubles	12	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	8

RBI	25	27

Stolen Bases	1	7

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	22	33

Strikeouts	34	74

Batting Average	.270	.206

On Base Pct	.345	.312

Slugging Pct	.428	.332

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	115	144

Runs	15	20

Hits	29	33

Singles	18	20

Doubles	6	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	6

RBI	16	20

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	11	17

Strikeouts	25	50

Batting Average	.249	.227

On Base Pct	.315	.313

Slugging Pct	.417	.404

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	.717

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL
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	Colton Cowser kept finding ways on base even if the bat stayed quiet. Jesse Garcia 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	Colton Cowser went 0-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Colton Cowser went 0-for-2 in loss to the White Sox with two walks, two strikeouts and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia 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	Colton Cowser went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Nationals with one run scored and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia 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	Cowser went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 12-1 win over the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored and four RBI. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 22nd
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			Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Colton Cowser (2026)

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