Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Emmanuel Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 168	‐
VBR	# 523	‐

Projections

Runs	15	2
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	16	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.249	.222

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	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	218	‐

Runs	22	‐

Hits	60	‐

Singles	40	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	25	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	22	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Batting Average	.275	‐

On Base Pct	.351	‐

Slugging Pct	.436	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	119	9

Runs	15	2

Hits	30	2

Singles	18	1

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	16	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	2

Strikeouts	26	4

Batting Average	.249	.222

On Base Pct	.314	.333

Slugging Pct	.418	.444

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	.778

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
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	Twins outfield prospect Emmanuel Rodriguez (thumb) has been throwing from 105 feet and has begun hitting off a tee and in soft toss. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Emmanuel Rodriguez will have sutures removed from his thumb on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	Emmanuel Rodriguez was back in the Triple-A St. Paul dugout on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	Emmanuel Rodriguez will be forced to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	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	The Minnesota Twins have placed Emmanuel Rodriguez on the minor league 7-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
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			Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#422
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Emmanuel Rodriguez (2026)

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