Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Esteury Ruiz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 169	# 312
VBR	# 786	# 425

Projections

Runs	12	10
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	13	8
Stolen Bases	0	7
Batting Average	.248	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 187	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 244	# 300

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	# 278

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	229	123

Runs	23	30

Hits	60	32

Singles	40	17

Doubles	12	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	28	10

Stolen Bases	1	27

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	24	16

Strikeouts	38	44

Batting Average	.262	.260

On Base Pct	.339	.374

Slugging Pct	.415	.472

On-base Plus Slugging	.753	.846

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	66

Runs	12	10

Hits	24	16

Singles	15	10

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	13	8

Stolen Bases	0	7

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	9	6

Strikeouts	22	19

Batting Average	.248	.240

On Base Pct	.314	.318

Slugging Pct	.417	.390

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
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	Esteury Ruiz went 0-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base in Sunday's 2-0 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 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	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two stolen bases in Saturday's 7-2 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 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	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH			Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#146	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Esteury Ruiz (2026)

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