Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Jacob Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 166	‐
VBR	# 484	# 1213

Projections

Runs	16	4
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	16	4
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.249	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 114	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 239	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	214	‐

Runs	22	‐

Hits	60	‐

Singles	40	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	25	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	22	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Batting Average	.280	‐

On Base Pct	.357	‐

Slugging Pct	.444	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.801	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	122	31

Runs	16	4

Hits	30	7

Singles	19	4

Doubles	7	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	16	4

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	3

Strikeouts	26	10

Batting Average	.249	.213

On Base Pct	.314	.280

Slugging Pct	.417	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
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	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Melton (thumb) is dealing with minor soreness in his left thumb and was held out of Thursday's Grapefruit League matchup with Boston. He is 2-for-9 with one home run, one walk and five strikeouts across four spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	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
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 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
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			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#185	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Jacob Melton (2026)

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