Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Evan Carter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 166	# 227
VBR	# 534	# 253

Projections

Runs	16	24
Home Runs	5	5
RBI	16	20
Stolen Bases	1	7
Batting Average	.252	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	# 217

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 114	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	# 224

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	# 293

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 239	# 187

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	213	231

Runs	22	33

Hits	60	44

Singles	40	27

Doubles	12	7

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	7	8

RBI	25	24

Stolen Bases	1	11

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	22	34

Strikeouts	32	66

Batting Average	.282	.191

On Base Pct	.358	.304

Slugging Pct	.446	.342

On-base Plus Slugging	.804	.646

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	125	162

Runs	16	24

Hits	31	37

Singles	20	24

Doubles	7	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	5	5

RBI	16	20

Stolen Bases	1	7

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	12	20

Strikeouts	27	43

Batting Average	.252	.231

On Base Pct	.318	.323

Slugging Pct	.424	.392

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX
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	Evan Carter went 2-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Braves with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Evan Carter went 2-for-2 with a solo home run and two runs scored in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. He entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning, singled and scored, then added a solo homer in the eighth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	The Rangers activated Evan Carter from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	Evan Carter went 2-for-2 with a solo homer on Friday in a rehab game for Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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 Rangers sent Evan Carter on a rehab assignment to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
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			Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Evan Carter (2026)

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