Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for James Wood (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	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	# 5	# 169
VBR	# 13	# 786

Projections

Runs	30	12
Home Runs	10	4
RBI	28	13
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.266	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 2	# 187

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 2	# 131

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	# 135

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 11	# 244

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	# 188

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	437	229

Runs	100	23

Hits	116	60

Singles	59	40

Doubles	26	12

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	30	7

RBI	73	28

Stolen Bases	17	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	90	24

Strikeouts	153	38

Batting Average	.265	.262

On Base Pct	.393	.339

Slugging Pct	.536	.415

On-base Plus Slugging	.928	.753

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	171	98

Runs	30	12

Hits	46	24

Singles	25	15

Doubles	10	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	4

RBI	28	13

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	28	9

Strikeouts	58	22

Batting Average	.266	.248

On Base Pct	.376	.314

Slugging Pct	.502	.417

On-base Plus Slugging	.878	.731

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
News
	Nationals manager Blake Butera told reporters James Wood will undergo an MRI on his left side. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	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
	James Wood went 2-for-4 in a 10-7 win over the Diamondbacks with two home runs, two runs scored, three RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 27th	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
	James Wood went 1-for-2 in loss to the Yankees with a home run, two walks, one run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th	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
	James Wood went 3-for-5 in loss to the Yankees with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th
	James Wood went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Yankees with a home run, a double, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	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
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH			Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#146
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for James Wood (2026)

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