Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Denzel Clarke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 169	‐
VBR	# 785	# 1215

Projections

Runs	12	4
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	13	4
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.246	.215

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 187	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 244	# 393

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	53

Runs	23	4

Hits	60	9

Singles	40	8

Doubles	12	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	28	6

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	24	4

Strikeouts	39	24

Batting Average	.260	.170

On Base Pct	.336	.228

Slugging Pct	.411	.189

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	.417

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	97	35

Runs	12	4

Hits	24	7

Singles	15	5

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	13	4

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	3

Strikeouts	21	12

Batting Average	.246	.215

On Base Pct	.314	.278

Slugging Pct	.414	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.623

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
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	A's outfielder Denzel Clarke (hamstring) is continuing his running, hitting, and throwing progression. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Denzel Clarke continues his running, throwing and swinging progression. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Denzel Clarke has started to play catch and a swinging progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	The Athletics transferred Denzel Clarke to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	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	Denzel Clarke remains shut down from baseball activities. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
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			Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Denzel Clarke (2026)

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