Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Jared Young (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	‐
VBR	# 488	# 516

Projections

Runs	16	17
Home Runs	4	5
RBI	16	17
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.250	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 114	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 239	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	# 265

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	213	148

Runs	22	17

Hits	60	36

Singles	40	23

Doubles	12	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	6

RBI	25	18

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	13

Strikeouts	32	34

Batting Average	.282	.243

On Base Pct	.358	.323

Slugging Pct	.446	.412

On-base Plus Slugging	.804	.736

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	122	128

Runs	16	17

Hits	31	30

Singles	19	18

Doubles	7	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	16	17

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	12

Strikeouts	26	35

Batting Average	.250	.237

On Base Pct	.315	.313

Slugging Pct	.418	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.733	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
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	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th
	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	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st
	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	Jared Young was activated from the 10-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
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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			Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Jared Young (2026)

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