Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for George Springer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	# 168
VBR	# 120	# 529

Projections

Runs	26	15
Home Runs	8	4
RBI	23	16
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.253	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 103	# 186

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 73	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 108	# 131

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 92	# 135

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	# 239

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 52	# 188

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	283	222

Runs	34	22

Hits	64	60

Singles	40	40

Doubles	13	12

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	10	7

RBI	27	25

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	32	22

Strikeouts	61	34

Batting Average	.226	.270

On Base Pct	.310	.345

Slugging Pct	.385	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.773

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	168	115

Runs	26	15

Hits	43	29

Singles	27	18

Doubles	7	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	23	16

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	19	11

Strikeouts	37	25

Batting Average	.253	.249

On Base Pct	.336	.315

Slugging Pct	.443	.417

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	.732

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
News
	Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer went 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base in a 7-1 loss to the Rays on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	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
	George Springer went 1-for-4 in Friday's loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
	George Springer is starting in left field for the Blue Jays on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Blue Jays outfielder George Springer went 1-for-4 with a homer, a walk, and an additional runs scored in a 10-0 win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th
	The Blue Jays activated OF/DH George Springer from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR			Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for George Springer (2026)

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